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FC Goa ahead Iker Guarrotxena (Twitter)
Guarrotxena scored a hat-trick to take his purpose tally for the season into double figures and propelled the Spaniard to the highest of the goalscoring charts because the Gurs registered a convincing win over the torchbearers
Iker Guarrotxena scored a hat-trick contained in the opening quarter, the quickest of this season, to elevate FC Goa up into third place within the Indian Tremendous League (ISL) 2022-23 standings after a 4-2 victory over East Bengal FC on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday.
The 12-minute salvo from Guarrotxena took his purpose tally for the season into double figures and propelled the Spaniard to the highest of the goalscoring charts. The consequence additionally struck a blow to East Bengal FC’s playoff hopes, they usually now discover themselves ten factors off sixth place with 5 video games to go.
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The Gaurs made no adjustments to their lineup from the earlier recreation as head coach Carlos Pena solely modified the formation from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-1-2-3. The Torch Bearers made three adjustments that noticed the inclusion of Ivan Gonzalez, Jerry Lalrinzuala and Sumeet Passi within the beginning XI.
The slight tweak in formation added extra attacking prowess to an FC Goa facet that was keen to drag away from the susceptible playoff spots. It didn’t take lengthy to see Pena’s gamble work because the hosts had been in possession of a commanding 3-Zero lead after simply 23 minutes.
All of it started within the 11th minute, when Devendra Murgaonkar slid a by ball into the field from the precise in direction of Noah Sadaoui. Underneath stress from Passi, the winger poked it into the trail of Guarrotxena, who tucked it in from shut vary.
Ten minutes later, Guarrotxena doubled his tally with a spectacular diving header. This time, the assault began from the left flank as Sadaoui whipped a pin-point supply into the field and Guarrotxena’s glancing header bounced off the far submit and landed contained in the purpose.
The Spaniard accomplished his hat-trick simply two minutes later. Brandon Fernandes’ nook was headed away from purpose by Fares Arnout earlier than Sanson Pereira headed it again into the field. The EBFC defence was caught on the incorrect foot as Guarrotxena lifted the ball into the again of the web from shut vary.
Seven minutes into the second half, Lalchungnunga introduced Brandon down close to the sting of the field. Edu Bedia and Brandon stood over the free-kick earlier than the latter managed to twist it in on the far submit to extend FC Goa’s benefit.
The guests mounted a quick problem, when an unmarked Suhair VP nodded in Mahesh Singh’s cross from shut vary within the 59th minute and Sarthak Golui introduced the deficit down to 2 within the 66th minute with one other header.
However they’d left themselves an excessive amount of to do. On the very finish, Redeem Tlang’s low strike was palmed onto the submit by Kamaljit Singh within the 80th minute, and Mahesh’s 87th-minute effort on the different finish was barely huge on the close to submit as either side regarded for extra objectives. However the scoreline remained unchanged until the full-time whistle.
FC Goa have moved up into third place, though Kerala Blasters, ATK Mohun Bagan and Odisha FC have two video games in hand just under them. Edu Bedia picked up his fourth yellow card of the season and can miss the Gaur’s subsequent encounter in opposition to Odisha FC on February 6.
East Bengal FC are shortly working out of time and can tackle Kerala Blasters of their subsequent ISL recreation on February 3.
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