ISL: OFC vs JFC, Highlights: Stewart hat-trick paves Jamshedpur’s Odisha demolition

Stewart
scored
three
very
different
yet
stunning
goals
in
the
4th,
21st
and
35th
minutes
to
crown
Peter
Hartley’s
effort
in
the
3rd
minute
as
the
‘away’ side
made
Odisha
look
ordinary
despite
this
being
their
best
start
to
the
season.

The
result
means
Jamshedpur
leapfrog
from
fifth
to
second
in
the
points
table
with
11
points
from
six
games.
Odisha
are
in
fourth
position
having
nine
points
from
five
games.

Odisha
were
rocked
inside
the
first
four
minutes.
Peter
Hartley
got
The
Men
of
Steel
going
with
the
first
goal,
turning
in
a
delightful
Stewart
corner
into
the
right
bottom
corner,
out
jumping
Vinit
Rai
after
winning
the
flag-kick
himself.

One
minute
later,
Stewart
made
it
2-0
pouncing
on
a
mistake
from
the
Odisha
defence
and
outfoxing
Paul
Ramfangzuava
to
then
shimmy
his
way
past
another
defender
and
let
loose
a
right-footed
effort
that
cannoned
past
Kamaljit
Singh
and
into
the
top
right
corner.

The
31-year
old
Stewart,
who
won
the
Scottish
Premiership
with
Rangers
before
his
move
to
Jamshedpur,
unleashed
a
stunning
free-kick
from
30
yards
that
curled
in
a
left-footer
from
around
the
wall
to
bend
in
past
a
diving
Kamaljit.

Stewart
was
in
the
form
of
his
life,
netting
his
hattrick
in
the
35th
minute
after
he
strode
past
a
few
defenders
and
fired
past
the
keeper
at
the
far
post.

The
only
downside
in
a
perfect
half
for
Owen
Coyle’s
men
was
the
injury
to
Alexandre
Lima
who
beat
a
charging
defender
to
shoot
straight
at
the
keeper
but
injured
himself
in
the
process.

The
second
half
could
not
match
up
to
the
sizzling
first
period
as
Odisha
players
tried
to
create
chances
and
open
their
goal
account
and
narrow
down
the
margin.

The
Kiko
Ramirez-coached
side
rang
in
the
change
bringing
the
likes
of
Nikhil
Raj
and
Liridon
Krasniqi
to
change
their
fortunes
but
in
the
end,
it
proved
to
be
a
horror
night
for
them
and
one
that
found
them
wanting
in
defence
and
lack
of
ideas
when
struck
by
a
Greg
Stewart
blitzkrieg.

Source:
ISL
Media