Punjab FC (PFC) and Bangladesh Military Soccer Staff (BAFT) performed out a goalless attract a bunch A fixture of the 132nd Durand Cup which was performed on the Vivekananda Yuba Bharathi Krirangan. That is BAFT’s second draw within the match in opposition to an ISL facet after that they had drawn in opposition to East Bengal. With this draw BAFT have accomplished their group engagements with two factors from three matches whereas Punjab FC have 1 level from two matches.

Punjab FC Head Coach Staikos Vergetis made eight modifications to the beginning lineup after their loss to Mohun Bagan with solely Nikhil Prabhu, Melroy Assisi and Amarjit Singh Kiyam retaining their locations. Bangladesh Military Soccer Staff Head Coach Abdur Razzaque named an unchanged facet which drew their earlier sport in opposition to East Bengal.

Punjab FC dominated possession from the beginning of the half with Juan Mera controlling the sport within the midfield supported by Amarjit Kiyam and Maheson Singh. The BAFT defence have been resilient and defended deep in their very own half. Punjab tried to beat the tight defence with shot passes because the wing backs Nitesh Darjee and Abhishek Singh becoming a member of the assaults together with centre ahead Daniel Lalhimpuia. BAFT have been content material to play on the counter and used the set items properly to create possibilities. The primary actual probability of the sport got here for Punjab FC by some intricate play which discovered Daniel Lalhimpuia whose shot was saved by BAFT keeper Ashraful Islam Rana. The very best probability of the half got here when Bangladesh captain Mehedi Hasan’s header again to his keeper was brief and Daniel pounced on the chance however his shot was brilliantly saved by the BAFT keeper. The very best second for BAFT got here when left again Md. Kamrul Islam’s pile driver of a shot was saved acrobatically by PFC goalkeeper Ravi Kumar. BAFT pressured the PFC attackers to take makes an attempt outdoors the field as they discovered it tough to penetrate the defence because the match remained goalless on the lemon break.

Staikos Vergetis launched Kingslee Fernandes and Ranjeet Singh Pandre as a substitute of Maheson Singh and Juan Mera within the second half. PFC intensified their assault with Samuel Kynshi Lyngdoh shifting to the precise wing. Daniel had an opportunity to attain once more from a cross by left again Nitesh Darjee however his shot went vast. BAFT continued to defend resiliently, not permitting Punjab FC to create any clear reduce possibilities. They put a number of males behind every assault which made it powerful for the PFC attackers to interrupt down the defence. PFC lacked any form of creativity even with having 64% possession. In the long run each groups needed to be happy with a degree every.