2016_Indian_Super_League_Final

2016 Indian Super League final

2016 Indian Super League final

Football match

The 2016 Indian Super League Final was a football match between ATK and Kerala Blasters on 18 December 2016 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala. It was the final match of the 2016 Indian Super League season, the third season of the Indian Super League. The match was the second time these two teams played against each other in the Indian Super League final, the previous one was when both sides met in the inaugural 2014 final. ATK won that final 1–0.

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Kerala Blasters reached the finals after finishing the regular season in second place. ATK finished their regular season in fourth place. In the semi-finals, Kerala Blasters took on the Delhi Dynamos while ATK played against Mumbai City. ATK hosted Mumbai City in the first match of the finals at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium. Helped by a brace from Iain Hume, ATK won the first leg 3–2. The team then secured their place in the final after a 0–0 draw in Mumbai. The Kerala Blasters hosted Delhi Dynamos in their first match of the finals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and won 1–0. In the second leg, the Blasters were defeated 2–1 and thus the score remaining 3–3 on aggregate the match went to a penalty shootout as away goal rule was not applicable in case of Indian Super League.[2] The Kerala Blasters won the shootout 3–0 to qualify for the final.

Watched by a crowd of 82,324 even though officially another figure of much lower number is given which was even less than some normal league matches conducted here in Kaloor Stadium during 2014-2016 time, the Kerala Blasters took the lead in the 37th minute through Mohammed Rafi. The Kerala Blasters lead only lasted for seven minutes before Henrique Sereno equalized for ATK. At halftime the score was 1–1. The second half did not see any goals scored and thus the match went into extra-time. The first half of extra-time was goalless and so was the second half. With the score still remaining1–1 after extra-time, the match went into penalties.

Penalty shoot out drama saw Graham Stack saving the first shot for ATK which gave a temporary lead for Kerala but Ndyoe blasted the ball over the bar and finally Cédric Hengbart saw his shot getting saved by the trailing leg of ATK keeper Debjit Majumder, ATK won the shoot-out 4–3 as Jewel Raja scored the winning penalty and they won the Indian Super League Final for the second time in three seasons.[3]


Match

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Attendance: 82,324
Kerala Blasters
ATK
GK1Republic of Ireland Graham Stack
RB21India Sandesh JhinganYellow card 100'
CB6Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes (c)downward-facing red arrow 36'
CB5France Cédric HengbartYellow card 119'
LB11India Ishfaq AhmedYellow card 93'
RM13India C.K. Vineeth
CM14India Mehtab Hossain
CM88Chad Azrack Mahamat
LM20India Mohammed Rafidownward-facing red arrow 77'
SS9Haiti Kervens Belfort
CF78Haiti Duckens Nazondownward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutes:
GK24India Sandip Nandy
DF19Senegal Elhadji Ndoyeupward-facing green arrow 36'
FW7India Mohammed Rafiqueupward-facing green arrow 77'
FW10England Antonio Germanupward-facing green arrow 77'
MF2India Pratik Chowdhary
MF8India Vinit Rai
FW12India Thongkhosiem Haokip
MF16India Gurwinder Singh
MF27England Michael Chopra
FW31India Rino Anto
MF57Ivory Coast Didier Kadio
Manager:
England Steve Coppell
GK24India Debjit Majumder
RB12India Pritam KotalYellow card 100'
CB2Portugal Henrique Serenodownward-facing red arrow 95'
CB4Spain Tiri
LB80India Keegan Pereiradownward-facing red arrow 43'
RM11South Africa Sameehg Doutie
CM10Spain Borja Fernández (c)Yellow card 25'
CM8India Jewel Raja
LM20India Lalrindika Ralte
SS9Portugal Hélder Postigadownward-facing red arrow 67'
CF7Canada Iain Hume
Substitutes:
GK14Spain Dani Mallo
GK22India Shilton Paul
DF33India Prabir Dasupward-facing green arrow 43'
MF15Spain Javi Laraupward-facing green arrow 67'
MF23Botswana Ofentse Natoupward-facing green arrow 95'
DF6India Kingshuk Debnath
MF13India Bikramjit Singh
MF17India Bidyananda Singh
MF25Scotland Stephen Pearson
MF34India Abhinas Ruidas
Manager:
Spain José Francisco Molina

Hero of the match

Emerging player of the match

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. [1]
    "Raja scores winning penalty to make ATK two-time champions". Indian Super League. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    "ISL does away with away goal rule". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Kerala Blasters FC vs. ATK - Football Match Report - December 18, 2016". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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