FC Goa’s Noah Wail Sadaoui and Bengaluru FC’s Francisco Javier Hernandez Gonzalez vie for the ball throughout their Indian Super League 2023-24 season soccer match, on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, on March 14, 2024.
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FC Goa notched up a 2-1 win over Bengaluru FC to climb to the third spot within the factors desk within the Indian Super League right here on Thursday.
The Gaurs now have 36 factors from 19 video games within the standings.
The Blues broke the impasse inside two minutes of kick-off, making a mark right away from the graduation of the encounter.
Suresh Singh Wangjam pulled off a razor sharp by way of ball directed in direction of Chingangbam Shivaldo Singh, who obtained the ball with a chic first contact and put the ball previous Dheeraj Singh to attract the primary blood.
FC Goa started gaining a grip over the sport steadily and it was Noah Sadaoui who barged into the Bengaluru FC field and bashed the ball onto the aspect netting within the 18th minute.
The equaliser didn’t come their manner, but it surely did point out that issues had been slowly handing over the way in which of the Manolo Marquez-coached aspect.
Four minutes later, Brandon Fernandes lobbed in a cross from a nook, and the ball was directed on the trail of Boris Singh stationed on the fringe of the field.
The attacker shot in fiercely, but it surely took a deflection off defender Odei Onaindia to land into the again of the online with Gurpreet Singh Sandhu being unable to thwart the assault.
FC Goa was helped with a numerical benefit within the second half. Suresh, star of the setup of the aim by Shivaldo, was engaged in a problem with Boris within the forty seventh minute, resulting in the sending off of the previous, bringing Bengaluru FC all the way down to 10 gamers.
The Gaurs started holding the higher hand in possession and taking pictures on the opposition extra usually thereafter.
They attacked the field from all ends, and bore the fruit of the identical lastly within the 81st minute.
Midfielder Borja Herrera curled in a cross to Boris on the left aspect of Gurpreet, with the previous Jamshedpur FC winger netting the winner and getting the essential three factors for his crew.
