Dimitrios Petratos. (X, Mohun Bagan Super Giant)
Dimitrios Petratos’ lone strike within the seventy fifth minute of the sport inflicted FC Goa’s first defeat of the season as Mohun Bagan climbed to the third place within the league desk with the win.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant ended the 12-match-lengthy unbeaten streak of FC Goa in Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 by inflicting a 1-0 loss upon the Gaurs on the Fatorda Stadium tonight.
A seventy fifth-minute winner by Dimitrios Petratos sealed the deal for the Mariners as they obtained a second consecutive victory underneath their belt and prevented Manolo Marquez & Co. from bridging the hole between them and league leaders Odisha FC.
The residence facet teased the Mohun Bagan Super Giant as their personnel examined them from each set-items and open play within the first 20 minutes. Brandon Fernandes was on the forefront of all of it, organising deliveries for Carlos Martinez and Noah Sadaoui at totally different junctures.
Martinez was caught off facet from a promising place within the fifth minute, and one in every of Brandon’s personal efforts from lengthy-vary was on the right track however couldn’t get previous Vishal Kaith quickly afterwards. Petratos rapidly turned the tables with a pointy turnaround as he switched the ball on his toes and tried to curve in a shot from distance within the twenty first minute. Thankfully for FC Goa, goalkeeper Arshdeep Singh dived full stretched on his left to maintain the scores degree.
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Incidentally, the duo of Arshdeep and Petratos was on the centre of attraction but once more, in a transfer that determined the eventual destiny of the sport. The Mariners broke on the counter and a normally organised FC Goa backline appeared misplaced, which Manvir Singh appeared to capitalise upon by placing the ball previous Arshdeep within the 74th minute. The goalkeeper, who had saved essentially the most clear sheets within the league earlier than this, made a hasty clearance that Petratos pounced upon and swirled over the custodian to bag the eventual winner of the competition.
