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KERALA BLASTERS WILL NOW PLAY ATLETICO DE KOLKATA IN A REPEAT OF THE ISL 2014 FINAL, THIS SUNDAY, AT KOCHI.

KERALA BLASTERS

P1: Josu steps up first and scores beautifully!

P2: Antonio German's shot now saved by Toni Doblas!

P3: Kervens Belfort now and that's slotted home!

P4: And....Rafique sends Kerala Blasters through to the ISL 2016 final!

DELHI DYNAMOS

P1: Malouda steps up and sends it to the orbit! Where has all the experience gone?

P2: Pelissari now and IT IS MISSED AGAIN. SENT TO ORBIT YET AGAIN!

P3: WHAT A SAVE! THREE PENALTIES MISSED ON THE TROT. Sandip Nandy stops it.

Here we go: Who comes stronger? Toni Doblas or Sandip Nandy?

------FULL TIME IN EXTRA TIME! LET'S ENTER THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT------

And...we are heading into penalties. Nothing to seperate the teams!

112' The message here seems: Let the referee reduce us to ten men. We won't back down! Atletico de Kolkata gave out this message yesterday, Delhi Dynamos doing it tonight.

110' Marcelinho is off! Surprise?? Bruno Pelissari comes on.

106' The last 15 minutes of outfield play remain. It's now or never!

Half Time in extra time. 

Aggregate score: DEL 2-2 KER

104' Delhi are clearly dominating the extra time so far now. The match could very well move into penalties, until they come up with something special from the outfield!

100' WHAT A SAVE! Sandip Nandy with yet another impressive save to deny Malouda. Can he deserve an India team call now?

98' Substitution: Anas out; Saba in.

93' WHAT A MISS! Malouda's shot on goal just punched away by Sandip, but the ball falls in the path of Marcelinho on rebound. HE MISSES THE GOAL!

Here we go again! The first half of extra time is under way.

FULL TIME! Nothing to seperate. This one goes into extra time.

Aggregate score: DEL 2-2 KER

Added time: 3 mins

89' Malouda again with a great chance to get the final goal. That was almost going in!

84' OOOHH WHAT A CHANCE! Marcelinho almost gave the home team the aggregate lead there!

82' Last ten minutes of regulatory time and both teams are on their feet now.

78' CHANCE! Great work from Sandesh Jhingan to prevent another goal for Delhi. Marvellous goalline clearance!

76' A midfield battle at the moment. Possibly the teams are keeping all their skills for the final ten minutes, or maybe even extra time!

72' Gadze is off; Memo is in.

70' CLOSE! Rafique with a ball for CK Vineeth inside the box, but the Bengaluru FC forward's header is out of place.

68' Antonio German comes on for Duckens Nazon. Can he be the late saviour for the away side?

64' Kerala Blasters have upped the ante now with the arrival of Kervens Belfort. Surely they are trying their best to finish off the game in the 90 minutes itself.

58' SAVED! Sandip Nandy just stops a close-range header from Rocha.

55' Belfort comes on for Kadio.

52' CHANCE AND MISSED! Malouda with a lovely run and some awesome dribbling. The ex-Chelsea star's final shot on goal is however terrible.

48' Sandesh Jhingan takes defending to a whole new level. Diving chest block to stop the ball powerfully hit by Kean Lewis.

46' Under way for the second half.

DRAMA! DELHI DYNAMOS SCORE AGAIN.  Rocha's header takes a touch from Mahamat and it pops in. Own goal. What a horrible day Mahamat is having... Both the Delhi Dynamos goals have taken place owing to his defensive errors!

HALF TIME NOW.

Aggregate score: DEL 2-2 KER

45 (+2)' Anas has torn his shirt there from the middle but the referee isn't paying attention to that. Oh, wait! It has been pulled off by CK Vineeth. He won't be booked, is it?

Added time: 6 mins

40' CHANCE! Richard Gadze with a shot out of nowhere and Sandip Nandy is made to work hard.

36' Yet another player stretchered off...and he cannot continue. Kerala Blasters change: Rafique makes way for Rafi.

34' Mahamat with an unexpected shot for Kerala Blasters. Unfortunately, that's not near the goal.

Oh daaang! Josu gets a Yellow for halting the run of Marcelinho, and the Spaniard misses the ISL 2016 final, if Kerala Blasters progress.

30' Bad sight as the veteran Mehtab Hossain is stretchered off. 

Good news though. He is limping...but is back.

28' WHAT THE REF! Straight Red Card shown to Milan Singh for a mistimed challenge on Mehtab Hossain, who is writhing in pain now. That was a lethal one! Meanwhile, Delhi's Lal'Kima gets a Yellow for protesting the ref's decision.

26' Aaron Hughes gets a YELLOW for time-wasting. Er...

24' DEAR LORD! WHAT A GOAL! Exquisite goal from Duckens Nazon. Kerala have the lead again!

Aggregate score: DEL 1-2 KER

20' GOOAALL! THE SCORES ARE LEVEL. A major defensive error heps Marcelinho score the opener in the match.

Aggregate score: DEL 1-1 KER

18' If you look at the Delhi Dynamos jersey closely, the right sleeve sports a miniature Chapecoense flag. Remember this incident?

16' A bit tight so far with the players from both sides enjoying tons of possession, but somehow the breakthrough isn't coming.

12' CHANCE! CK Vineeth has a great opportunity to score, but Rocha makes a brilliant tackle to deny him that chance.

10' Goalless so far and very evenly balanced. It is the away team nevertheless who is doing most of the attacks. 

5' The second leg semi final between Mumbai City FC and Atletico de Kolkata turned out goalless. However, we can at least hope for some goals in this match. Meanwhile, Delhi are slowly getting into the match and already testing the Kerala defenders.

1' Kerala Blasters wasting no time to attack straightaway from the go. They have that crucial 1-0 lead from the first leg.

7 pm IST: HERE WE GO! THE MATCH IS UNDER WAY...

6:55 pm IST: The big guns are out on the pitch and it is only a matter of time that they start their battle! Kickoff update coming in a moment...

6:45 pm IST: 15 minutes to go, folks. Surely you don't wanna miss this. WATCH THE MATCH LIVE HERE....

6:20 pm IST: Vijender Singh has his support for the home team tonight. Can Delhi Dynamos hit a knockout combo of straight jabs and right hooks to end the match? Or well, an uppercut?

6:10 pm IST: Ta-Da! The lineups are here...

Delhi Dynamos: Doblas; Lal'Kima, Rocha, Anas, Souvik; Tebar; Kean, Milan, Malouda, Marcelinho; Gadze.

Kerala Blasters: Sandip; Jhingan, Hughes, Hengbart, Josu; Mehtab, Mahamat, Rafi, Vineeth; Kadio, Nazon.

6 pm IST: Okay guys, an hour or so left. We have the lineups coming across you in just a bit! Hold on...

5:45 pm IST: The match kicks off at 7 pm IST, folks, and it is LIVE from the JLN Stadium Delhi.

5:30 pm IST: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event of Wednesday evening. This is the most crucial match ever for Delhi Dynamos in all three seasons of the Indian Super League, while for Kerala Blasters as well, the importance of the ISL semi final return leg fixture is also no less.

This is Sayantan (twitter @san_footy) as usual, bringing you all the live updates from the UNMISSABLE ISL 2016 encounter. Stay tuned to this page as we get to know who plays against Atletico de Kolkata in the ISL 2016 final this Sunday.