Atletico De Kolkata bagged first ever Hero ISL game!

Atletico De Kolkata made a stunning start to the first ever Indian Super League by a convincing 3 null victory over Mumbai City FC at Saltlake Stadium Kolkata.

Either half goals from Fikru,Borja and Arnal was enough to get vital three points for the Kolkata team in front of cheering almost 70 thousands of fans.

Earlier ,there have been a glittering opening ceremony for the inaugural Hero Indian Super League.The presents of celebrities and biggest business corporates and cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar,Sourav Ganguly and Harbajan Singh made the event more attracting and of course Priyanka Chopra's hot dance also made the event more spicy.

Atletico De Kolkata started the match brightly and they had got the better chance among the two in early minutes of the match.It has taken little time to settle down for both the teams and the referee had to show  as more as  5 yellow cards in the match and most of it came in the early minutes of first half.

Ethiopean International Fikru Teferra became the first ever goal scorer in Indian Super League at the 28th minute after well receiving a through pass from Luis Garcia and made no mistake in getting past Subrata Paul ,the Mumbai City FC goal keeper.

After conceding a goal ,Mumbai City seemed better of the two and creates more chances but the Atletico De Kolkata goal keeper Subashish Roy denied every goal scoring opportunities for the Mumbai Side.He has been absolutely fantastic in front of the goal.His spectacular saves either half of the match has helped ATK to keep clean sheet.

Introduction of Brazilian Attacking midfielder Andre Moritz made a huge impact in Mumbai City's midfield and we have got to see some nice brand of footballing from Mumbai Side.But the marvelous 30 yard goal from Borja Fernandes at 70th minutes cement the day for Atletico De Kolkata.

Arnal Libert ,who replaced Luis Garcia in the dying minutes of match proven a worth substitute by completing the score sheet after a stunning run to the goal mouth of Mumbai City to transform Fikru's pass into the final goal of the match.

Atletico De Kolkata to face Northeast United on 16th in their next match while Mumbai City will try to get first victory when they face FC Pune City on 18th at home turf