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The 10 man FC Goa side eased past a 10 man FC Pune City side 4-2 at the Fatorda Stadium on Sunday. The victory meant Goa went top of the ISL standings, with their third win in four games. Ferran Corominas scored a brace but was later sent off in the dying minutes of the game. Hugo Boumous and Jackichand Singh got their names on the scoresheet. Marcelinho and Emiliano Alfaro were the goalscorers for the visitors.
FC Goa coach Sergio Lobera didn’t make any changes to the starting XI that beat Mumbai City FC on Wednesday. As for Pune City FC, interim coach Pradhyum Reddy made 5 changes to the side that lost 3-0 against Bengaluru FC with Robin Singh, Marko Stankovic, Lalchuanmawia Fania, Gurtej Singh and Ashutosh Mehta
The first goal for FC Goa came in the 5th minute of the match when Ferran Corominas slotted the ball past the goalkeeper after he received an audacious lobbed ball from Ahmed Jahouh. 3 minutes later Marcelinho placed the ball in the top right corner and beyond the reach of FC Goa goalie Nawaz after receiving a lovely ball from Robin Singh.
In the 12th minute, however, Coro was involved in yet another goal after he crossed the ball to Hugo Boumous who headed the ball right into the net. Jackichand Singh made it 3-1 for the hosts after he slotted home an unselfish pass from Corominas. Pune City yet again pulled one back in the 23rd minute of the match through Alfaro who hammered the ball into the net after receiving a pass from Jonathan Vila. Coro then completed his brace in the 35th minute after he had a go at goal again following his shot’s earlier rebound. The goal made Coro the leader on the golden boot chart.
At halftime, FC Goa led 4-2 over FC Pune City.
10 minutes in the second half Chinglensana Sana brought down Alfaro in the box. But FC Goa keeper Nawaz did well to deny Alfaro. Goa missed a lot of chances to score more goals and so did FC Pune City. In the 86th minute, however, Diego Carlo was sent off for a reckless challenge on Seriton. 4 minutes later Corominas was booked for his tackle on Marko Stankovic. FC Goa defeated FC Pune city 4-2 at full time.
Hit: Ahmed Jahouh
Ahmed Jahouh is one cool and composed guy on the football field. Jahouh’s long balls for FC Goa’s frontmen have very well been noted since last season. He made his second assist for this season when Ferran Corominas made a run for Jahouh’s long ball, shrugged off Gurtej Singh and scored a goal handing Goa the opening goal of the match.
The pair of Ahmed Jahouh and Lenny Rodrigues in the defensive midfield positions has made the job of Mourtada Fall and Chinglensana Sana a lot easier. Ahmed Jahouh drops back and receives the ball, starting FC Goa’s attacking move.
Jahouh’s on the ball skill while he slyly dodges his opponents surely makes the crowd cheer for him. Jahouh makes sure to track back and dispossess the opponents. His amazing performance against FC Pune City earned him the hero of the match title.
Flop: Jonathan Vila
Jonathan Vila had a quiet evening at Fatorda before being subbed out in the 65th minute. The latter wasn’t much involved in the game apart from the time that his interception of Jahouh’s pass was met by Alfaro who hammered the goal past FC Goa goalie Nawaz.
The former Celta player had a below average game and was unable to have much of an impact on the game, leading to his team leaking 4 goals.
Hit: Seriton Fernandes
Seriton Fernandes was bustling with energy. He would run up and down and win the ball with some crazy interceptions or tackles. The Goan lad very active vs Pune.
Seriton made the key pass to Corominas which led to the second goal of the match after Jackichand netted home the ball which was squared to him by Corominas. Seriton made good runs along the right flank and played in good crosses. Seriton had a chance to get his name on the scoresheet in the dying minutes of the match. But his shot was well saved by FC Pune City keeper V. Kaith. Seriton made Marcelinho and Alfaro’s job very difficult to enter the box. He played the match with determination.
Flop: Gurtej Singh
Gurtej Singh was no match for Corominas’ pace. He couldn’t do much about Jahouh’s long balls. Gurtej Singh did try to get rid of most attacks, but he was very shaky and so was the Pune City FC backline.
It was a bad day for FC Pune City with some sloppy defending and offering Coro utmost freedom. With through balls being played most of the time. Gurtej Singh did try to dispossess Coro for the opening goal but to his despair, he couldn’t. FC Goa took advantage of the loopholes in the Pune City's backline and with their tiki-taka football managed to hit them with four goals.
Hit: Ferran Corominas
Ferran Corominas, the 35 year old Spaniard, still has the pace and all other attributes of a young striker. He netted in brace and assisted a couple against Pune.
Coro was always a constant threat to FC Pune City's defence for making daunting runs. He made sure to hold onto the ball. His unselfish play could be seen following his 2 assists in the match and his brace made sure that he is on top of the golden boot chart. But a straight red card in the dying minutes of the match makes him unavailable for selection for a minimum of one match which will see him not being featured in the clash against Jamshedpur.
