In an unforgettable evening for football fans at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium or the Fatorda in Goa, it was ATK Mohun Bagan who beat Bengaluru FC in the ISL Final 2022-23 to emerge as the champions. In a match that swayed one way and the other, it was Dimitri Petratos who opened the scored for ATKMB and put them in the lead before BFC's Sunil Chhetri scored in the final kick of the first half to equalise the match. Both the first half goals came from spot kicks.
In the second half of the ISL Final, Bengaluru FC took the lead with the help of a field goal from Roy Krishna but once again there was a twist in the tale with Petratos scoring from the spot for the second time in the match this time in the 85th minute to ensure that the match goes into extra time. However, neither team could find the back of the net even in extra time as the winner of ISL was decided on penalties with ATK Mohun Bagan winning in the shootout.
Story of the Penalty Shootout in ISL Final
In the shootout, it was Bengaluru who started off the proceedings and Alan Costa did score off his attempt, sending Vishal Kaith to the wrong side. For the Mariners, it was Petratos who scored once again, his third spot kick all on the same direction and all beating Bangalore's Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
Krishna then scored in the shootout for the Blues but soon ATKMB too scored off their attempt with Colaco managing to beat Sandhu. However, then the Player of the Match Kaith came showed his class as he denied Bengaluru's Bruno a goal. This was followed by Kiyan Nassiri giving ATK Mohun Bagana the lead with his penalty conversion. Chhetri did score off his attempt in the shootout but Sandhu's inability to save Manvir's shot followed by Perez missing his shot meant it was the first title for the ATK Mohun Bagan who won 4-3 on penalties in the ISL final.