Indian Super League

NorthEast United FC vs Bengaluru FC, 2018-19 Indian Super League, Semifinals

· 1st Leg
NorthEast United FC
  • 20': Redeem Tlang
  • 90'+5': Juan Cruz Mascia (P)
FT
2 - 1
1st Leg
Bengaluru FC
  • 82': Francisco Hernandez

Mascia's injury-time penalty gives NorthEast dramatic win over Bengaluru

Juan Mascia's penalty gave NorthEast a late win after Xisco looked to have given Bengaluru a hard-earned draw in the second half.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Foul by Robert Lalthlamuana (NorthEast United).
  • 1': Miku (Bengaluru) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Lalthathanga Khawlhring (NorthEast United) header from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 6': Foul by Bartholomew Ogbeche (NorthEast United).
  • 6': Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. José Leudo (NorthEast United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
  • 11': Foul by Miku (Bengaluru).
  • 11': José Leudo (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Albert Serrán (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Bartholomew Ogbeche (NorthEast United).
  • 12': Corner, NorthEast United. Conceded by Albert Serrán.
  • 17': Foul by Robert Lalthlamuana (NorthEast United).
  • 17': Harmanjot Khabra (Bengaluru) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Federico Gallego (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Foul by Harmanjot Khabra (Bengaluru).
  • 20': Goal! NorthEast United 1, Bengaluru 0. Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bartholomew Ogbeche.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Miku (Bengaluru) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 24': Foul by Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru).
  • 24': Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by José Leudo (NorthEast United).
  • 27': Foul by Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United).
  • 27': Juanan (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Offside, Bengaluru. Juanan tries a through ball, but Sunil Chhetri is caught offside.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Federico Gallego (NorthEast United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bartholomew Ogbeche.
  • 29': Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Rowllin Borges (NorthEast United).
  • 30': Foul by Bartholomew Ogbeche (NorthEast United).
  • 30': Juanan (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Federico Gallego (NorthEast United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lalthathanga Khawlhring.
  • 33': Bartholomew Ogbeche (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Álex Barrera (Bengaluru).
  • 35': Foul by Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United).
  • 35': Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Dangerous play by Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru).
  • 36': José Leudo (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Corner, Bengaluru. Conceded by Mato Grgic.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Miku (Bengaluru) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dimas Delgado with a cross following a corner.
  • 39': Foul by Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru).
  • 39': José Leudo (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Foul by Miku (Bengaluru).
  • 41': José Leudo (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Miku (Bengaluru) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Foul by Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United).
  • 43': Álex Barrera (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Delay in match Bartholomew Ogbeche (NorthEast United) because of an injury.
  • 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+2': Substitution, NorthEast United. Juan Cruz Mascia replaces Bartholomew Ogbeche because of an injury.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, NorthEast United 1, Bengaluru 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins NorthEast United 1, Bengaluru 0.
  • 45': Substitution, NorthEast United. Nikhil Kadam replaces Rowllin Borges.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 54': Foul by Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United).
  • 54': Álex Barrera (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Miku (Bengaluru) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Udanta Singh with a cross.
  • 57': Hand ball by Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru).
  • 60': Substitution, Bengaluru. Xisco Hernández replaces Albert Serrán.
  • 60': Corner, NorthEast United. Conceded by Rahul Bheke.
  • 61': Foul by Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United).
  • 61': Xisco Hernández (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Offside, Bengaluru. Xisco Hernández tries a through ball, but Miku is caught offside.
  • 62': Foul by Juan Cruz Mascia (NorthEast United).
  • 62': Álex Barrera (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Udanta Singh.
  • 66': Corner, Bengaluru. Conceded by Mato Grgic.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Xisco Hernández (Bengaluru) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 67': Corner, Bengaluru. Conceded by Robert Lalthlamuana.
  • 68': Corner, Bengaluru. Conceded by Robert Lalthlamuana.
  • 69': Foul by Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru).
  • 69': Reagan Singh (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Juan Cruz Mascia (NorthEast United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Gallego with a through ball.
  • 73': Substitution, NorthEast United. Keegan Pereira replaces Redeem Tlang.
  • 74': Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Foul by Juan Cruz Mascia (NorthEast United).
  • 76': Attempt missed. Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 77': Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by José Leudo (NorthEast United).
  • 78': Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 78': Foul by Juan Cruz Mascia (NorthEast United).
  • 80': Attempt missed. Xisco Hernández (Bengaluru) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álex Barrera.
  • 80': Foul by Álex Barrera (Bengaluru).
  • 80': Juan Cruz Mascia (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Goal! NorthEast United 1, Bengaluru 1. Xisco Hernández (Bengaluru) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sunil Chhetri.
  • 84': Foul by Miku (Bengaluru).
  • 84': Keegan Pereira (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Hand ball by Federico Gallego (NorthEast United).
  • 89': Foul by Nikhil Kadam (NorthEast United).
  • 89': Udanta Singh (Bengaluru) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Federico Gallego (NorthEast United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Xisco Hernández (Bengaluru).
  • 90'+2': Foul by Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru).
  • 90'+2': Reagan Singh (NorthEast United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+3': Penalty NorthEast United. Juan Cruz Mascia draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+3': Penalty conceded by Harmanjot Khabra (Bengaluru) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+4': Harmanjot Khabra (Bengaluru) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Goal! NorthEast United 2, Bengaluru 1. Juan Cruz Mascia (NorthEast United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, NorthEast United 2, Bengaluru 1.
  • 90'+6': Match ends, NorthEast United 2, Bengaluru 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 18
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 2
2 Saves 2
48.1 Possession 51.9
9 SHOTS 8
3 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
339 Accurate Passes 380
428 Passes 471
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 1
14 Crosses 10
0.1 Cross % 0.1
64 Long Balls 75
28 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 0
6 Effective Tackles 11
13 Tackles 19
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
10 Interceptions 5
12 Effective Clearances 26
12 Clearances 26

Game Information

Competition: Indian Super League

Venue: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Location: Guwahati, India
Attendance: 21,786

Line-Ups

NEU NorthEast United FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Pawan Kumar (GK)
18 Mato Grgic
2 Janeiler Rivas
19 Robert Lalthlamuana
12 Reagan Singh
9 Federico Gallego
14 Rowllin Borges
6 José Leudo
10 Bartholomew Ogbeche
32 Puitea
22 Redeem Tlang
NorthEast United FC Substitutes:
Juan Cruz Mascia, Keegan Pereira, Fanai Lalrempuia, Panagiotis Triadis, Gurmeet Singh, Nikhil Kadam, Shouvik Ghosh.

BFC Bengaluru FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK)
5 Juanan
3 Alberto Serrán
22 Nishu Kumar
2 Rahul Bheke
14 Dimas Delgado
10 Harmanjot Khabra Yellow Card
24 Álex Barrera
7 Miku Fedor Yellow Card
11 Sunil Chhetri
21 Udanta Singh
Bengaluru FC Substitutes:
Boithang Haokip, Francisco Hernandez, Soram Poirei, Kean Lewis, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Rino Anto, Luisma.

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