Adrian Luna’s beautiful objective couldn’t guarantee Kerala Blasters FC a win as FC Goa fought again in an exhilarating Indian Super League match which ended 2-2 on the Tilak Maidan Stadium right here on Sunday.
Jeakson Singh (tenth) opened the scoring for the Blasters earlier than Luna scored a wondergoal within the twentieth minute to make it 2-0. Kerala appeared on prime earlier than FC Goa got here again to first make it 2-1 using a Jorge Ortiz (twenty fourth) strike earlier than Edu Bedia scored from the nook within the thirty eighth minute.
Kerala at the moment are third within the league desk with 14 factors from 9 video games whereas FC Goa stay at ninth with 9 factors from 9 outings.
1️⃣ Goal3️⃣ Chances created5️⃣ Shots@FCGoaOfficial’s @jorgeortiz92’s electrifying efforts earned him the Hero of the Match award! 🏆#KBFCFCG #HeroISL #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/Ileq4h5YCr
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) January 2, 2022
Kerala had been off to an ideal begin, nosing forward in simply 10 minutes after Luna swung in a tasty nook for Jeakson to go residence. The yellow shirts dominated proceedings thereafter with Glan Martins smashing a volley from lengthy simply over, towards the run of the play.
Kerala went 2-0 up quickly after, Luna exhibiting his brilliance this time. The Uruguayan was given house on the left inside channel and the 29-year previous made merry, getting the ball to dip previous the keeper from 30 yards out. The ball hit the publish and went in leaving Dheeraj Moirangthem with no probability to maintain it out.
⚡Luna’s thunder strike💥 @edubedia’s olympic objective#KBFCFCG was a cracker to kick-off 2⃣0⃣2⃣2⃣ in type! #HeroISL #LetsFootball #ISLRecap | @KeralaBlasters @FCGoaOfficial pic.twitter.com/ARhPm57LO1
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) January 2, 2022
Pegged again twice in fast succession, FC Goa picked themselves up using on Ortiz’s strike. The Spaniard acquired a ball from Saviour Gama, turned sharply and fired residence previous Prabhsukhan Singh Gill who was overwhelmed at his close to publish.
FULL-TIME | #KBFCFCG
The first match of 2022 was electrifying, courtesy @KeralaBlasters and @FCGoaOfficial! ⚡#HeroISL #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/ceqMTsPtNC
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) January 2, 2022
Kerala got here shut to creating it 3-1 close to the half time whistle when Sahal Abdul Samad shot over the bar from a Alvaro Vazquez cross. FC Goa drew degree from the following assault, and it was Edu Bedia who acquired within the act curling in an beautiful nook that went in leaving Gill excessive and dry.
A frantic first half got here to an finish with each side degree at 2-2.
In the second interval, each groups confirmed warning as possibilities had been few and much between. Edu Bedia’s effort from a free-kick got here off the crossbar a lot to FC Goa’s dismay because the match ended with each groups sharing the spoils.
