Much-needed win: Odisha brightened its probabilities of making it to the knock-out stage.
| Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI
Odisha FC rode a fine essay of attacking football to show the tables on residence favorite Mohun Bagan Super Giant by a 5-2 scoreline within the Group D match of the AFC Cup on the Salt Lake Stadium right here on Monday.
Mohun Bagan discovered the lead early by way of Hugo Boumous however conceded the initiative to Odisha, which fired three in a span of 11 minutes in direction of the top of the opening half. MBSG pulled one again halfway within the second half simply to see Odisha discovering two extra in direction of the top to finish its dominance.
The customer, which had misplaced 0-4 at residence in opposition to the identical opponent within the first spherical, thus exacted a candy revenge whereas brightening its probabilities of making it to the knock-out stage. Odisha has 9 factors from 5 matches and rose to the second spot to stay a level behind the group chief Bashundhara Kings of Bangladesh.
Missing 4 of its regulars owing to harm, Bagan went into a defensive shell after gaining the lead thereby permitting the house to Odisha to regroup. The Juggernauts discovered the equaliser within the thirtiethî ˆminute off Roy Krishna. The Fijian subsequent assisted Diego Mauricio, who made it 2-1 within the thirty second. Japanese midfielder Cy Goddard doubled the lead within the forty first.
The host pulled one again by way of substitute Kiyan Nassiri within the 63rd minute however misplaced the plot but once more within the injury-time. Odisha scored one other two off substitutes Aniket Jadhav (90+3) and Isaka Ralte (90+5) to spherical off the memorable win.
The end result: Mohun Bagan 2 (Boumous 17, Nassiri 63) misplaced to Odisha FC 5 (Krishna 30, Mauricio 32, Goddard 41, Jadhav 90+3, Ralte 90+5).
