Goa beat 10-man Bengaluru in thriller
MARGAO: A ten-man Bengaluru FC fell just short of scripting a comeback when Albert Roca’s side went down 4-3 to FC Goa at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Goa, on Thursday. Down 3-1 andaman after‘ keeperGurp re et Singh Sandhu was sent off in the 35th minute, Bengaluru battled hard to make it 3-3 before going down to Ferran Corominas’ hattrick.
The game hadn’t yet found a flow to it when Corominas fired the hosts into a lead in the 16th minute.
But it took just a little more than five minutes for Bengaluru FC toe qua lise when Mi ku scored through Kattimani’s legs in the 22nd minute. Just when things seemed to becoming together for Ben ga lu ru, Co rm in as turned up with his and Goa’s second of the night. A free kick from Goa’ s half was nodded down and the Spaniard charged in before slotting home from close in the 32 nd minute. Things hit a dismal low for Al bert oRoca’ s side whenGu rp re et was given marching orders for an off-the-ball incident with Manuel Lanzarote. A tussle began when Lanzarote caught Gurp re et with a boot on the ankle and ended with the striker went down after a push from the Blues’ keeper and referee Palmson Raj pulled out the red before pointing to the spot. Roca pulled off Bheke for Abhra Mondal and the ’keeper’s first task of the night was facing Lanzarote from the spot – a battle the Spanish striker won.
Bengaluru made a comeback in the second half with when Pa ar talus co red from a corner to make it 3-2 in the 57th minute. And then Miku made it 3-3. But Corominas would go on to score the season’s first hat-trick, rounding off Mondal just three minutes after Goa conceded to make it 4-3 to the hosts.
ATK,JAMSHEDPUR EYEFIRSTWIN
JAMSHEDPUR : Jamshedpur and Kolkata may be 300 kilometers apart but only a point separates Jamshedpur FC and ATK after their first two games. Newcomers Jamshedpur FC have, in fact, a point more than the defending champions with two draw sin two games, but they haven’t yet scored in 180 minutes of football. ATK, on the other hand, started their campaign with a 0-0 draw against Kerala Blasters before succumbing to a 1-4 home loss at the hands of FC Pune City.