Atlético Kolkata Day 19-21 Report


These three days I had only one match a day, so took a break from the forum. Atlético Kolkata won all the three.

Day 19: 8-2 at home. We faced a weak team, and I knew this was the chance to boost our GD. Franco (Pengilley) in 1', Entwistle (Dixon) in 13' and by himself in 19', Soto in 31' and then an assist to Pengilley in 42' gave us a big lead before half time. In the second half I decided to take a risk as GK Marek Maly was replaced by new recruit Muhammad Ishorik. He had a very poor morale, so despite being 5* he conceded in 53' and 61'. Rose assisted Pengilley twice in 76' and 84', and Soto too scored in 78'. What's surprising is that centre back Pengilley with 3 goals and an assist, was not named MOM. Instead it was Soto, with a brace and an assist.

Day 20: 5-1 on road. As the AM said, to win this match by such a margin was a surprise; we were fairly equal on paper. I wasn't present. We were even reduced to 10 in 37'. But their lone GK was injured in 25'. He was replaced by an MC... Waddaya expect? Rose scored in 3'. Then I guess some sort of massacre was going on in 37' inside the box, when 2 of our 4 defenders were booked and 1 got a direct red. Definitely a penalty, it was converted. But then Grecco (Guerro) in 39', Lewis Entwistle in 42', Rose (Lewis) in 59' and Dixon (Guerro) in 74' sealed the deal for Atlético Kolkata. The MOM goes to Rose, his 6th in 28 appearances this season.

Day 21: 2-0 at home. Finally, after reduced the price from £8 to £7 and then to £6, Boulevard Park got a sellout crowd in league. Entwistle in 6' and Franco in 19' nailed it, once again, for Atlético Kolkata.

Atlético de Kolkata lost to Mumbai City FC 3-2 home in their last league fixture, but they have secured a top-2 finish, which means they'll play the 2nd leg of the Semifinals at home.