ISL 2021-22; FC Goa pile further misery on Bengaluru FC

This
was
a
second
consecutive
victory
for
the
#AmcheGaurs
in
a
match
that
saw
two
red
cards
and
eight
yellow
cards.

Ashique
Kuruniyan
(16′ OG)
scored
his
second
own
goal
of
the
season,
sending
the
Gaurs
in
an
early
lead
before
Cleiton
Silva
(45′)
pegged
them
back
with
a
sublime
free-kick.

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Devendra
Murgaonkar
(70′)
helped
his
team
regain
the
lead
and
scored
the
winner
after
going
down
to
10-men.

The
win,
Goa’s
second
on
the
trot
this
season
and
over
BFC
sees
them
move
upto
seventh
on
the
table
with
six
points
from
five
games.

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The
loss,
Bengaluru’s
third
on
the
trot
sees
them
go
down
to
10th
with
just
4
points
to
show
from
their
6
games.

Jorge
Ortiz
started
the
game
on
a
bright
note,
being
the
source
of
several
attacking
opportunities.
He
seemed
to
have
got
on
the
scoresheet
in
the
16th
minute
but
the
goal
was
accredited
to
Ashique
Kuruniyan
who
got
the
last
touch
on
a
rebound.
Glan
Martins
was
the
first
player
to
go
in
the
referee’s
book
as
he
got
a
yellow
card
early
in
the
match.

Sunil
Chhetri’s
woeful
start
to
the
season
continued
as
he
missed
an
open
goal
from
12
yards
in
his
100th
appearance.
Roshan
Naorem
then
picked
up
a
yellow
post
the
drinks
break.
Gurpreet
Singh
Sandhu
fumbled
an
easy
backpass
a
few
minutes
later
but
managed
to
clear
it
to
avoid
conceding
an
embarrassing
goal.
Against
the
run
of
play,
just
before
the
halftime
whistle,
Cleiton
Silva
scored
the
equaliser
with
a
curling
free-kick
from
the
left
flank.

Substitutes
Prince
Ibarra
and
Parag
Shrivas
were
sent
by
Marco
Pezzaiuoli
at
the
break
to
make
an
impact.
Danish
Farooq
received
a
yellow
card
for
a
late
challenge
on
Dheeraj
Singh.
In
the
55th
minute,
goalscorer
Ortiz
received
a
red
card
for
pushing
Suresh
Singh
Wangjam
after
getting
hit
with
a
tackle
from
behind.
The
BFC
midfielder
also
got
booked
along
with
Ibarra
for
reacting
aggressively.

With
20
minutes
left
to
play,
Devendra
Murgaonkar
scored
from
close
range,
assisted
by
Ivan
Gonzalez’s
header
after
being
left
unmarked
inside
the
box.
Bruno
Ramires
and
Parag
also
got
booked
later
in
the
game
for
poor
challenges
before
Suresh
Singh
received
his
second
yellow
and
got
sent
off
in
the
84th
minute.

Juan
Ferrando’s
men
managed
to
hold
on
to
their
lead
after
the
fourth
official
signalled
six
minutes
of
added
time.
As
for
the
Blues,
the
fourth
defeat
in
six
matches
piles
even
more
pressure
on
the
team
to
perform
better
in
forthcoming
games.

Bengaluru
FC
awaits
the
challenge
of
ATK
Mohun
Bagan
on
Thursday
(December
16)
the
outfit
which
is
winless
in
their
last
three
matches
too.

For
the
first
time
this
season,
Juan
Ferrando
named
an
unchanged
XI,
the
coach
putting
faith
in
the
line
up
that
handed
the
Gaurs
their
first
win
of
the
season
in
their
last
game.

The
Gaurs
will
be
back
in
action
on
Saturday
(December
18)
when
they
take
on
high-flying
Hyderabad
FC.

That
game,
being
part
of
the
double-leg
kick-off,
is
slated
for
a
9:30
pm
kick-off,
which
will
be
telecasted
live
on
Star
Sports
Netork.

(With
ISL
Media/FC
Goa
Media
inputs)