Complex sentence: Always a fiery and closely contested contest, there was once again nothing between the 2 teams both looking very dangerous and despite some close opportunities to take the lead from both sides, they both went into the half-time break locked at 0-0.
Split into simpler sentences: Always a fiery and closely contested contest, there was once again nothing between the two teams. Both teams were looking very dangerous and despite some close opportunities to take the lead from both sides, they went into the half-time break locked at 0--0.