ISL GOA vs PUN: Heady FC Goa beat FC Pune City at home

Margao (Goa): Back home after a fairly successful brief spell away, a resurgent FC Goa (GOA) added three more points to their account as they defeated FC Pune City (PUN) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa on Saturday.

Here is how the action unfolded.

Here are the starting XIs.

5: GOAL! The hometeam gets going without wasting too much time. Andre Santos’s free-kick and Romeo Fernandes just tapped that ball in. Goalkepper Arindam had no chance to save that.

(Photo: ISL)

21: Sensational pass from Narayan Das! But Tolgay could not fire the shot in the net. FC Goa still in a lead but they could have scored their second goal.

29: Well-timed free-kick from Andre Santos but what a save that was from Arindam! He jumped to his left and punched the ball away for a corner.

Half-time. FC Goa 1 - FC Pune City 0.

66: FC Pune City had a chance as Perk hit an on-target free-kick. But no goal as it was headed away. Hometeam still in a lead.

69: Some brilliant display of skills from Mandar Rao Desai. He beat Wadoo on the flanks. Unfortunately though, the ball did not end up in a goalpost.

82: A lovely thorough ball from Romeo who netted the first goal. Wadoo attempted to stop the charge but the ball got away as Arindam approached. 

90 + 4: GOAL! No way FC Pune City can make a comeback from here. Miroslav Slepicka cashed in on an easy opportunity as he headed  hometeam’s second goal of the match.

Managers:

Zico: FC Goa

Franco Colomba: FC Pune City