The first half was a close affair as both teams slugged it out for the opening goal. Ansari hit a curler over the bar in the 22nd minute. He scored the first goal with a lob over the goalkeeper in the 24th minute.

Mumbai Port had man-marked Atlanta danger-man Royston Veigas. Alex Fernandes glanced a header wide in the 32nd minute as Atlanta pressed forward for an equalizer.

The first half was 1-0 to Mumbai Port. Atlanta went all out in the second half and made numerous forays in the opposition territory. Ankit Dalvi missed a good chance to make it 1-1 as his shot went over the bar.

Veigas smashed in a superb left footed free-kick in the 57th minute and leveled things up for Atlanta. A classic goal!

He almost grabbed a winner in the 75th minute only to have his shot parried away by the goalkeeper. Rajesh Goswami’s shot took a deflection off Alex Fernandes and went in in the 70th minute. An own goal and 2-1 to Mumbai Port!

Veigas almost made it 2-2 in the dying moments as his effort went inches wide off the left post.

Mumbai Port held on to win. Atlanta fought bravely and can be proud of their effort.

In the first game, Intelenet and ICL Payyade played out a 1-1 draw. Asadul Khan’s 57th-minute goal canceled out Navin Koli’s 21st-minute strike for Intelenet. It was a just result for both teams in the end.

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The lanky striker scored in the 16th and 26th minutes respectively and put Atlanta in the driver’s seat.

Ashish Chavan made it 3-0 in the 36th minute to round off a superb performance. SBI crumbled within the half-hour mark and couldn’t cope with Atlanta’s attacking game. Bretty Stewart pulled a goal back for SBI in the 44th minute to make it 3-1 at half time.

SBI gave Atlanta an almighty scare as the second half was a complete contrast to the first. Stewart probed and probed for a goal and Shanabaj Kazi put on a rock-solid performance at the back for SBI. Atlanta took the foot off the pedal and relied on the counter-attack.

Jaybalan Nadar superbly dispossessed Sachin Kumawat inside the Atlanta box and gave fans something to cheer about! Suraj Suvarna scored a second goal for SBI in the 79th minute and frayed Atlanta’s nerves!

Atlanta goalkeeper Ankit Dalvi produced two superb saves off Imran Khan and Kumawat in the dying moments.

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