The leaders prove their efficiency
Demonstration of effectiveness by Atlético de Kolkata, that recovered the initial goal by Fc Goa to defend their claim as lone leaders of the 'Indian Super League'.
FC Goa: Seda; Debabrata, Gregory, Bengelloun, Narayan; Peter, Pirés (Pinheiro 86'), Santos, Miranda (Narzary 74'), Gabriel and Martins (Ozbey 80').
Atlético de Kolkata: Edel; Denzil (Sanju 22'), Arnab, Josemi, Saha; Nato, Borja, Jofre (Arnal 73'), Cavin, Sahni and Fikru (Monsoreau 89').
Referee: Booked the visiting Borja, Fikru, Cavin and Saha; and the locals Gabriel, Santos and Martins.
GOALS:
1-0. 21’. Santos
1-1. 72'. Cavin
1-2. 84'. Cavin.
Atlético de Kolkata will continue leading the 'Indian Super League' another round after adding a new victory in their visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, stronghold of the FC Goa of Robert Pires.
Cavin's two goals in the last 20 minutes of the match put our team with 10 points at the top of the table after the first four rounds.
Despite the final result, the match was complicated. The meeting got harder very soon with André Santos’ goal on minute 21. The left-foot drive to the top corner of the Brazilian international put Zico’s team ahead, who led the match for 50 minutes. Then, Cavin appeared.
The 26-year-old midfielder took advantage of an in-depth assist from Fikru to tie the scoreboard. Our guys were showing their offensive abilities in one of the key moments of the match, when the locals were focused on Edel’s goal, looking for the 2-0.
Zico moved the bench to freshen his attack, but would it be Kolkata the one that would strike again? Cavin, the star of the match, produced a spectacular left-foot drive that rocketed into the corner of the net to settle the game. It was minute 84 and they only had to endure the local onslaught until the end to return to Calcutta with three more points in their pockets.
