ISL: FC Pune City clinch maiden win
Katsouranis and Trezeguet's goal earned Pune their first victory of ISL
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-10-27 01:11 GMT
Pune: Former France striker David Trezeguet gave a glimpse of his golden years, with an opportunistic strike to help FC Pune City register their maiden win beating FC Goa 2-0 in their Indian Super League match here on Sunday.
It was an evening of World Cuppers as Trezeguet’s 81st-minute strike was preceded by Greece World Cupper Kostas Katsouranis’ side volley in the 41st minute which gave the home team the lead at the Balewadi Stadium here on Sunday.
For Goa and their high-profile manager Zico, things seem to be getting from bad to worse as they have now lost three out of their four matches. They are now placed eighth and last on the points table.
The day’s win propelled FC Pune City to the fifth place.Far from his best at 37, Trezeguet didn’t do much during the entire duration but when opposition defender Gregory Arnolin tried a backpass for Goa custodian Laxmikant Kattimani, Trezeguet showed why he was able to score 138 goals for Juventus during his best days at Turin.
The Frenchman latched on to the ball and with Kattimani trying to narrow the angle, immaculately placed it past the surging goalie to make it 2-0 much to the delight of team’s co-owner Hrithik Roshan, who cheered from the stands along with Arjun Kapoor.The first goal for FC Pune came against the run of play as Katsouranis scored from the dead ball situation. Pune got a corner in the 41st minute.