ISL 2022: Goa and Kerala’s match rained goals, yet the match ended in a draw
Football
By-Vineet Kumar
new Delhi. Kerala Blasters FC and FC Goa drew 4-4 in a thrilling high-scoring match played on Sunday in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22. Goa’s Spanish forward Airam Cabrera, who came in as a substitute player, was awarded the Hero of the Match award for scoring a hat-trick.
Kerala, which had qualified for the semi-finals on Saturday night with the defeat of Mumbai, did not suffer any loss from this draw. Coach Ivan Vukomaniac’s team retained their fourth place in the table with 34 points from 20 matches from their fourth draw. At the same time, Goa bid farewell to the ninth place. Coach Derrick Pereira’s team finished the season with 19 points from 20 matches with four wins and seven draws.
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Kerala faced a tough challenge from Goa at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolin. Where Kerala took a 2-0 lead in the first half. At the same time, Goa took a 4-2 lead after retaliated after half time but two goals from Kerala’s side in the last minute leveled the match. The first goal of the match came in the 10th minute when Hoare Pereira Diaz gave Kerala Blasters a 1-0 lead. Sahal Abdul Samad, pressurized outside the opposition box, snatched the ball from Goa centre-back Anwar Ali and after entering the box from the right flank, he hit the goalline and hit a precise grounded cross, which the Argentine striker slided to post second. The direction was shown, while goalkeeper Hrithik Tiwary did not get any chance to stop the ball.
In the 25th minute, Hoare Pereira Diaz converted a penalty kick to make the score 2-0 in Kerala’s favour. Kerala got this golden opportunity in the form of a penalty kick when Edu Bedia gave a back pass to their centre-back Anwar Ali but Bhutanese striker Chencho Gyeltshen, pressuring the defender with high-pressing, snatched the ball and ended up dangerously. From inside the D-box. To prevent Chencho from scoring, goalkeeper Hrithik was forced to foul by falling from his hands. Referee Aditya Purkayastha gave a spot kick in favor of Kerala and showed Hrithik the yellow card. Diaz caught the ball with a right footer on the left side of the goalpost while Hrithik dived in the opposite direction, guessing wrong.
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Goa narrowed the gap to 1-2 with a goal from Airam Cabrera in the 49th minute. The Spanish striker scored the goal within three minutes of landing. Edu Bedia’s effort on a free-kick found close to the side line on the right flank led the ball through the crowd to the second post, which Airam showed the direction of the goalpost from the left footer.
In the 63rd minute, Airam Cabrera converted a penalty kick to level Goa at 2-2. Goa got this golden opportunity in the form of a penalty when Kerala’s defensive midfielder Givson Singh fouled Maken Chhote inside his D-box and referee Aditya Purkayastha gave a penalty kick. Airam made a powerful kick from the left foot to entangle the ball on the right side of the goalpost while goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill miscalculated and dived in the opposite direction.
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In the 79th minute, defender Eiban Dohling scored a brilliant goal to give Goa the first lead at 3-2. Controlling the ball on the left flank to Anwar Ali’s long hive through-pass from behind the halfline, Aiban first caught Prashant and then, after entering the box, made a difficult angle right footer to net the ball to the second post. Confused. In the 82nd minute, Airam Cabrera completed a hat-trick to put Goa ahead 4-0. Devendra Murgaokar’s cross from inside the box from the right side, Cabrera showed the direction of the goalpost in the very first touch. In the 88th minute, Kerala narrowed the gap to 3-4 with Vinci Barreto’s goal. Vinci hits the ball with a left footer on Checho’s through-pass.
Alvaro Vazquez’s goal in the 90th minute put Kerala at 4-4. Vazquez scored a goal with a ground right footer on Prashant’s pass from outside the box. After today’s result, this season the match between the two teams remained level. Because last time when these two teams met in the first leg, the match was drawn 2-2.
Story first published: Sunday, March 6, 2022, 23:00 [IST]
