Goal feast as Odisha, Kerala bow out of ISL in style

Ogbeche nets twice to remain in contention for Golden Boot prize

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 24: Odisha FC and Kerala Blasters entertained the crowd as they played a 4-4 draw in their last Indian Super League encounter Sunday. Manuel Onwu scored a hat-trick for the hosts, while Bartholomew Ogbeche netted twice to remain in contention for the Golden Boot prize with 15 goals to his name with two rivals closing in on him with 14 goals each – Coro of FC Goa and

Kerala came close to scoring again from a corner-kick but Nigerian striker Ogbeche found the side-netting.

The visitors eventually went ahead 2-1 when Carneiro’s cross was comfortably controlled by Messi and with his second touch slammed it home.

In the 36th minute, Onwu scored his second of the evening; this time from a set-piece as his free-kick sailed into the back of the net.

Odisha could have made it 3-2 when Jerry ran down the flank and put a through ball to Daniel Lalhimpuia whose shot was fisted for a corner by

Manuel Onwu (center) has been a revelation for Odisha since he is on loan

from Bengaluru FC.

the keeper.

A foul committed by Raju Gaikwad foul cost Kerala as he brought down Onwu inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot. Martin Guedes found the back of the net despite Khan diving to his right to make it 3-2 for the home side.

Onwu completed his hat-trick in the 51st minute as his free-kick went straight into the far corner to take his goals tally for Odisha to seven from four matches.

Around the hour mark, Lalhimpuia had a chance to add his name to the score-sheet but his attempt went inches wide. Xisco Hernandez was denied by the crossbar as he got on the end of a Nandhakumar pull back and his first time shot came off the woodwork.

Shubham Sarangi was guilty of bringing down Ogbeche inside the box and the Blasters skipper beat Dorronsoro from the spot.

Deep into injury time, Dorronsoro dug his knee into the neck of Ogbeche and despite the pain, the latter coolly slotted the ball past Dorronsoro for his third goal of the night and 15th of the campaign.

He had to two-putt from 35 feet for eighth victory of his PGA Tour career.

In a wild final round in which five players had a share of the lead – and four were tied heading for the back nine – DeChambeau appeared to seize control with five birdies in a six-hole stretch starting at No. 9.

Everyone around him faltered – Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Erik van Rooyen – everyone but Reed, who played bogey-free until he only needed a bogey to win.

DeChambeau failed to birdie the par5 15th, missed the green on the 16th with a pin in a bowl that made birdies accessible, and then three-putted from long range on the 17th. He shot 65.

Reed never flinched with so much going on around him, on and off the golf course. He has yet to shake whispers on the tour and heckling from the gallery over the Hero World Challenge in December, when video caught him twice swiping away sand behind his ball in a waste area in the Bahamas. Reed accepted the two-shot penalty and said a different camera angle would have shown his club wasn’t as close to the ball as it looked.

Koepka became the strongest voice during an interview Monday with SiriusXM in the Bay Area while he was previewing his title defense at the PGA Championship in May.

Radio host Sway Calloway asked Koepka if Reed was cheating.

“Uh, yeah. I think, yeah, yeah,” Koepka said, known for speaking his mind. “I mean, I don’t know what he was doing, building sand castles in the sand. But you know, you know where your club is. I mean, I took three months off and I can promise you I know if I touched sand.

“If you play the game, you understand the rules,” he said. “You understand the integrity that goes on. I mean, there’s no room for it.”

Asked about it Saturday after his round, Reed said, “At the end of the day, you can’t listen to what other people are saying. All you can control is what you do.” All he did Sunday was win. “To come back and win my second