Goa gear up for Mumbai match
Udey Chand ( bronze, 1961), Ramesh Kumar ( bronze, 2009), Nar Singh Yadav ( 2015) are the other men’s free style wrestlers to win a medal at the World.
Among female grapplers, only Babita Phogat ( bronze, 2012), Geeta Phogat ( 2012), Alka Tomar ( bronze, 2006) are the medal winners at Worlds.
Meanwhile, in the men’s free style 70kg category, Praveen Rana won his first bout against Jarvissadam Blesam Tarkong by technical superiority but suffered an indentical defeat against Uzbekistan’s Ikhtiyor Navruzov in the pre- quarterfinals.
In the 97kg, Mausam Khatri was knocked out by Venezuela’s Jose Daniel Diaz Robertti 2- 12 in Qualification round.
In the women’s event, Sarita won her bouts in the 59kg against Korea’s Bobae Kim ( 8- 1) and Ukraine’s Sofiia Bodnar ( 4- 0) but lost the quarterfinal by technical superiority to Shoovdor Baatarjavrjav.
Seema could not win even one bout in 55kg, losing her pre- quarterfinal to Mongolia’s Davaachimeg Erkhem- bayar by technical superiority. — PTI Goa, Oct. 23: Having registered their first victory of the season, FC Goa would look to keep the winning momentum going when they take on Mumbai City FC at home in a Hero Indian Super League match here on Wednesday.
With four points from two games, the Gaurs have made a positive start to the fifth season of the tournament.
Sergio Lobera’s men would have been a little disappointed to walk away with a 2- 2 draw in their opening fixture against NorthEast United FC but made their intentions clear in the next game with a stunning 3- 1 win away from home against defending champions Chennaiyin FC.
Despite losing the services of prolific playmaker Manuel Lanzarote to ATK, Goa boasts of strong attacking line and they proved that by scoring five goals scored in two matches so far.
Last season's Golden Boot winner Ferran Corominas has shown no signs of slowing down and has already scored three goals in two appearances.
“We always try to play an attacking brand of football and the idea is to win the game. That’s the most important thing. If you're asking me if we are going to attack less so that we don't concede, the answer is no. The idea is simple which is to try and attack like we did last year,” said Goa coach Lobera.
In defence, Mourtada Fall has been an excellent addition with the Senegalese adept at bringing the ball out from the back. Chinglensana Singh too has shown improvement in his defensive abilities.
Mumbai City, on the other hand, come into game on the back of an impressive 2- 0 win over FC Pune City in the first Maharashtra derby of the season. — PTI