Chennaiyin FC –1(Thapa 42’) Hyderabad FC – 3 (Joao 55’, Ogbeche 64’74’)
Imphal, Friday, August 26, 2022:
Hyderabad FC (HFC) beat 10-man Chennaiyin
FC (CFC) to register their second win of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup, here at the
Khuman Lampak Stadium. Bartholomew Ogbeche scored a brace for the winners in
the second-half, while Joao Victor converted from the spot, after CFC had taken the
lead through Anirudh Thapa just before the half-time whistle.
Hyderabad now has six points from two matches while Chennaiyin have one from
the same number of games.
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CFC with the upper hand in the first half
CFC started the first half brightly and maintained possession in the middle of the
park. They created openings with captain Anirudh Thapa dominating all around. The
wing backs and the wingers were playing high up the pitch, making HFC defend for
most of the half.
They deservedly took the lead through a stunner from the skipper. Sajal Bag played
it long, spotting Thapa’s run inside the box. He finished delicately by taking the shot
off balance, which stunned Hyderabad keeper Lakshmikant Kattimani.
Hyderabad comeback
HFC started on the front foot in the second half attacking from the beginning. The
introduction of Bartholomew Ogbeche made the HFC attacks more meaningful.
Akash Mishra was putting in crosses from the left to trouble the CFC defence. One
such cross found Javier Siverio whose header was cleared of the line by Fallou
Diagne. However, it was deemed to have been done with the hand and the Senegalese
received marching orders. From the resulting penalty HFC skipper Joao Victor scored
to even up proceedings.
HFC took the lead in the 64th minute through the redoubtable Bart Ogbeche. A
freekick from the right by Mohammed Yasir found a free Ogbeche inside the box,
who slammed in a powerful header to give his team the lead.
The 10-man CFC were finding it difficult to contain the HFC attacks which resulted
in the third goal. Nim Dorjee’s cross from the right fell in no man’s land and it was
retrieved by Lalchungnunga Chhangte. His pin-point cross for Ogbeche, had the
Nigerian ace head it into the goal for a second time in the match.
CFC did attempt to salvage something from the game with a last-ditch effort, but
could not disturb the HFC defence.
