![]() The second half followed a similar story and it was a cagey affair with tackles flying in and a lot of physical acts involved.Ĭoyle introduced Valskis close to the 60th-minute mark in the hope of a breakthrough. The Indian centre-back totally mistimed his jump as the chance went begging and the two teams went into half-time level. Marcelinho swung in a beautiful corner into Jhingan's direction who had a free header. The only real opportunity of the half fell to Jhingan from a set-piece right before half-time. Owen Coyle decided to go with David Grande instead of Nerijus Valskis and the Spanish striker kept the Bagan defence busy but hardly threatened the likes of Sandesh Jhingan and Tiri. Jamshedpur enjoyed a lot of possession but rarely troubled an organised Bagan defence. ![]() ![]() There was little to no goalmouth action in the first half with both goalkeepers not being called into action. Against the Red Miners, the Kolkata outfit resembled their old self where they allow the opposition time on the ball and hit them on the counter. In their previous game against Bengaluru FC, Bagan had virtually killed the game off in the first half itself with some breathtaking display of attacking football. A lot was at stake for both sides and the two teams took a cautious approach early on and kept cancelling each other out in the middle of the park.
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