Indian Super League: Northeast Hold Bengaluru To A 2-2 Draw

Indian Super League: Northeast holds Bengaluru to a 2-2 draw. Luis Machado’s brilliant two goals allowed Northeast United FC to hold Bengaluru FC to a 2–2 draw.

In the seventh season match of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa on Tuesday. .

Northeast has drawn a draw for the third time in five matches this season and has now moved up to second place in the table with nine points.

while Bengaluru has also had to draw for the third time in four matches. The team has moved up to fourth place with six points.

The first half between the two teams ended 1–1. The first goal of the match was scored by Northeastern United FC while Bengaluru scored an equalizer soon. Both teams scored 1–1 goals in the second half.

Luis Machado put the Highlands ahead with a brilliant goal in the fourth minute, but Juanan made it 1-1 in the 13th minute.

This half featured four yellow cards. The first was shown in the 22nd minute to Bengaluru FC’s Rahul Bheke, the second to Bengaluru’s Eric Partalu.

The third to the Highlanders’ goalscorer Kamara and the fourth to the 36th minute Gurjinder Kumar of the same team.

It was evident that both the teams played aggressively after scoring one goal but none got the lead.

The second half started in an interesting way.

Highlanders defender Gurjinder made a mistake in the 46th minute due to the promptness of Bengaluru FC’s forward players, but Bengaluru player Silton Silva could not take advantage of it.

The Highlanders made two changes in the 50th minute. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu made a superb defense in the 51st minute to prevent the Highlanders from taking the lead.

In the 59th minute, defender Juanan, with his prudence, averted another threat on Bengaluru

The Highlanders made another change in the 60th minute. Idris Silla was brought to the ground in place of Kwesi Apia.

In the 62nd minute, an attack was made by Bengaluru led by captain Sunil Chhetri but Kamara cleared the ball, showing good defending.

Bengaluru scored another excellent attack in the 64th minute but the Highlanders goalkeeper Gurmeet defended the threat with a brilliant save.

However, six minutes later, the Blue Army made another attack, and this time Gurmeet just stared and the ball went into the goalpost. Bengaluru scored 2–1 with this goal.

For Bengaluru, this goal was scored by Udanta Singh in the 70th minute to captain Sunil Chhetri.

However, this lead of the former champions could not be sustained for a long time and the Northeast achieved parity in the 78th minute.

This time for the Highlanders, Portugal’s forward Machado emerged as a troublemaker and scored a superb goal from the center of the box in the 78th minute to give the Northeast a 2–2 score.

With the same score, both teams entered in the Injury time, where Bengaluru’s Patalu made a great move through a header near Dimas, which was saved.

After this, neither team could make a dent in each other’s defense and they were forced to distribute points.