Hyderabad FC 1-1 Bengaluru FC: 3 Reasons why the defending champions only managed a draw | ISL 2019-20

1. Bengaluru and Hyderabad shoot themselves in the foot

Bengaluru FC missed a host of chances throughout the match

The game on Friday represented a team sitting pretty in the upper trenches of the ISL table battling another languishing at the bottom, thereby painting a prospective picture of a lop-sided contest. And, for large swathes of the encounter, that seemed to be the case, until Bengaluru decided to architect their downfall.

The away side missed a whole host of chances throughout the match as they couldn’t buy a goal after scoring in the 2nd minute. They kept scything through the hosts’ defence only to fluff their lines spectacularly thereafter.

Each of Bengaluru’s forwards were guilty of misfiring with Augusto in particular, quite wasteful. The Brazilian, apart from his finishing, was perhaps the best player on the pitch. Yet, he was also unparalleled when talking about a woeful end-product. On countless occasions, his technical prowess got him into promising positions but he kept passing those up.

Even Chhetri was uncharacteristically indecisive in the final third as the visitors scored only once, despite having 23 shots on goal. And, even that opening goal was scored after some dreadful decision making by Hyderabad FC.

Kamaljit Singh inexplicably took a poor touch when being charged down by Udanta and he presented the ball to Laldanmawia. And, though the hosts recovered possession from that abysmal clearance, the Hyderabad FC winger teed up Chhetri perfectly on the edge of the box.

Thus, through the course of the encounter, both outfits tried their utmost to outdo the other in terms of shooting themselves in the foot. And, rather fittingly, neither managed to do so, meaning that a draw ultimately came to fruition.