ATK Mohun Bagan qualify for knockouts of AFC Cup after draw vs Bangladesh champions Bashundhara

AFC Cup 2021: ATK Mohun Bagan turned the primary Indian staff in 3 years to succeed in the inter-zonal semi-finals of the continental match as they topped Group D with 7 factors from 3 matches. Assisted by a Liston Colaco cross, Australian ahead David Williams scored the equaliser for ATK Mohun Bagan on Tuesday (Photo Courtesy: ATK Mohun Bagan)HIGHLIGHTSATK Mohun Bagan performed out a 1-1 draw in opposition to Bashundhara Kings in Maldives on TuesdayATKMB will play the winners of Uzbekistan’s Nasaf and Turkmenistan’s Ahal on September 22Bengaluru FC have didn’t make the knockout stage of the AFC CupATK Mohun Bagan reached the knockout levels of AFC Cup 2021 following a 1-1 draw in opposition to Bangladesh champions Bashundhara Kings in a Group D match in Maldives on Tuesday. ATK Mohun Bagan are on high of the group with 7 factors in 3 matches, 6 greater than Bengaluru FC who’re positioned third within the group.

ATK Mohun Bagan made the inter-zonal semi-final of the second tier continental match as South Asian Zone champions.Brazilian midfielder Jonathan Fernandes (28) put the Bangladeshi facet forward within the first half. However, Bashundhara have been all the way down to 10 males on the stroke of half-time after Sushanto Tripura was despatched off.Assisted by a Liston Colaco cross, Australian ahead David Williams (62 min) scored the equaliser to make Bagan group toppers with seven factors because the Kings completed second with 5 factors.This was the primary time since 2018 that an Indian staff has made the zonal semi-finals. Bagan will play the winners of Uzbekistan’s Nasaf and Turkmenistan’s Ahal on September 22.Principal Owner of #ATKMohunBagan, Dr. Sanjiv Goenka sends his Congratulations to the #Mariners on a reaching the knockout levels of the #AFCCup! #PleasureMohunBagan #MarinersInAsia #IndianSoccer pic.twitter.com/eohv1VE4Aj— ATK Mohun Bagan FC (@atkmohunbaganfc) August 24, 2021
ATKMB wanted a win or a draw in opposition to Bashundhara to undergo whereas the Bangladeshi outfit required a win.Bagan struggled initially in opposition to the urgent sport of a decided Kings and the latter gained management of the match when Fernandes struck one from the sting of the field giving the rival goalkeeper Amrinder Singh no likelihood.Both groups had a number of probabilities within the first quarter.Searching an equaliser of their quest to keep away from elimination, Bagan discovered one after the change of ends when the Kings gave the impression to be on the defensive with a person down.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.