ISL: FC Pune City 1-1 Atletico de Kolkata - 5 talking points
7th placed FC Pune City hosted 2nd placed Atletico de Kolkata in hopes of making it into the top-4 of the Indian Super League. The match ended in a 1-1 draw and that was a fair reflection of the game.Luis Garcia crossed the ball in early for Podany to score in the 11th minute to give Atletico de Kolkata the lead. Pune then started dominating the match and got their reward in the final minute of the first half when Katsouranis scored a brilliant volley from the inside of the box to beat Edel to take the teams level heading into halftime.Pune tried to get a second goal but were unable to breach the Kolkata defense and the game ended in a stalemate which did not help either team in their quest of confirming their place in the top-4.Here are the 5 talking points from the game
#1 Luis Garcia, the man for Atletico de Kolkata
Luis Garcia was the star player for Atletico de Kolkata, yet again. The former Liverpool attacker was at the heart of all the attacks for the Kolkata team and was the player who was causing problems for the Pune City defense at the start of the game.
It was his cross that allowed Podany to rise well and score a brilliant header to give Kolkata the lead. Garcia, along with Elano have been the two marquee signings who have shone the brightest in the league and Atletico de Kolkata will be hoping the star player keeps contributing to the team in the next few games.
He was substituted for Joffre after 66 minutes, just after it was looking that he was going to reignite Kolkata’s attack. Maybe Habas wanted to rest him for the next 3 crunch games.