Kerala Blasters registered their first win of the season by defeating Odisha FC 2-1 in an Indian Super League (ISL) match on the Tilak Maidan Stadium right here on Sunday.
Alvaro Vazquez (62nd) and substitute Prashanth Karuthadthakuni (eighty fifth) scored within the second half to present the Yellow Shirts their first win in 11 months.
For Odisha, Nikhil Raj – for Xavi Hernandez – pulled one again in second-half stoppage time.
Attacker Adrian Luna was sensible all through the sport and was instrumental in each the Kerala Blasters’ targets.
Looking on the consequence, Kerala moved as much as the sixth place within the desk with 5 factors from 4 matches. Meanwhile, Odisha are third with six factors from three matches.
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Kerala began on the entrance foot, with Sahal Abdul Samad warming up Odisha keeper Kamaljeet Singh’s glove early on.
Luna tried his luck with a free kick within the seventh minute, forcing Kamaljit to dive to his left and denying Uruguay.
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Odisha acquired their first actual probability within the twelfth minute when Aridai Cabrera bombed the left flank and arrange Xavi Hernandez, however the Spaniard’s try failed on the bar.
Kerala continued to dominate as Thoiba Singh was booked for a problem on Luna. Against the operating of the sport, Xavi Hernandez almost scored with a long-distance effort after Albino Gomes pitched effectively exterior his line.
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For Odisha, full again Hendry Antony tried an audacious long-ranger that dipped to the highest proper nook however the albino was available to cross the ball over the bar.
At halftime, each groups had been equal however the males in yellow bossed proceedings.
The second half began in the identical vein because the Kerala rule. Sahl regarded in superb contact from off, dancing behind the defenders contained in the field solely to fail, however the ball fell effectively for Luna, whose effort went exterior the bar.
Luna was within the thick of issues once more after the hour mark, and this time his via ball discovered Vazquez, who timed his run to perfection. The Spaniard ran for 30 yards, scored the keeper, and drove the ball previous the online.
Vazquez may have doubled his and the workforce’s tally within the 67th minute after a fantastically arrange by Sahal, however Kamaljeet blocked his low effort.
Kerala suffered a setback when Albino went down after taking a objective kick and needed to be landed. India U-23 custodian Prabhusukhan Gill changed him.
Midfielder Prashant’s savior’s second got here 5 minutes into the ultimate whistle when he sank Luna’s completely weighed ball off the keeper after a swish run from Uruguay.
Raj scored a late objective for Odisha however it did not matter ultimately.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
