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AFC Cup: ATK Mohun Bagan beat Abahani Dhaka 3-1 to qualify for group stage — Highlights
AFC Cup Play-off: David Williams (6', 29', 85') scored a hat-trick as ATK Mohun Bagan entered into Group D of the 2022 AFC Cup.
ATK Mohun Bagan won their last match 5-0, but are set to face a tougher test today. (ATKMB)
ATK Mohun Bagan beat six-time Bangladeshi champions Abahani Dhaka 3-1 in the AFC Cup play-off stage on Tuesday. Australian David Williams gave them an early 2-0 lead before completing his hat-trick to put the game to bed with five minutes on the clock.
ATK Mohun Bagan join Gokulam Kerala, Bashundhara Kings and Maziya in the group D of the AFC Cup main round, which will be played from 18 May to 30 June.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 19 April 2022 2:00 PM GMT
29' - Goal! Mohun Bagan 2-0 Abahani
Prabir Das! A delicious cross again comes in from the right and David Williams slots it home again.
2-0! The Indian side are in cruise control.
- 19 April 2022 1:57 PM GMT
26' - Liston, Prabir run Abahani ragged
Prabir Das makes a run down the right and floats in an inch perfect cross. Kauko fires his shot above the bar though. MB still threatening, Abahani offering some threat on the counter.
Liston Colaco shows his bag of tricks as he leaves the Abahani defence for dead with a run down the left.
- 19 April 2022 1:48 PM GMT
17' - First yellow card, ATKMB 1-0 Abahani
Joni Kauko looks to make a marauding run but is brought down in the middle to force the referee to bring out the first card of the day.
ATK Mohun Bagan have looked the more dangerous side since the goal.
- 19 April 2022 1:40 PM GMT
7' - Mohun Bagan score!
Goal! Mohun Bagan score!
Joni Kauko finds David Williams in the box and the back of the net bulges. An early goal for the Mariners!
- 19 April 2022 1:35 PM GMT
4' - Manvir makes first foray
Manvir Singh makes a foray into the Abahani box - the first half-attack of the match. Then there's a delay as Deepak Tangri makes a muscular challenge.
Amrinder alert to the danger of a free kick at the other end.
- 19 April 2022 1:26 PM GMT
Kick-off approaches
Kotal and Newaz lead the two teams out. Kick-off in a few more seconds.
- 19 April 2022 12:57 PM GMT
Key Players
ATKMB are missing some key players in Jhingan, Roy Krishna and the like.
For the Bangladeshi outfit, the key player is a former ISL player. Raphael Augusto, who won an ISL title with Chennaiyin FC. "India and the ISL are always in my heart, so I cannot live without watching the league. I think I watch almost all the games, including the games of my close friend Eli Sabiá," he said before the match.
