FC Goa Defeated Mohammedan SC 1-0 in the final of the 130th edition of Durand Cup At the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Kridangan in Kolkata on Sunday. Spain’s Edu Bedia scored the only legal goal of the encounter in the 105th minute, helping Gaur lift the Shimla Trophy and the President’s Cup as well as the Durand Cup in front of over 43,000 fans.
Jagdeep Dhankhar was present to hand over the trophy to the winners.
As fans began to trickle into the stands before kick-off, the weather had changed face three times in the time it took to play half a football. It was sunny, rainy, windy and then suddenly severe.
As the game began to take shape, Azharuddin Mallick went into the referee’s book for his sliding tackle.
In the 23rd minute, Marcus Joseph was freed from the left flank and his cross was thwarted by a last-ditch slide.
What started out as a harmless nudge had snowballed into lungs and bumps. As the clock approached 30, Shaheen went to the referee’s book.
With a tackle and shift pull landing late in the game, Milan Singh found himself in the back of the net in the 34th minute with a right footed shot from a distance. But the referee’s whistle punctured the deafening roar of Black Panther supporters just before Milan’s foot touched the ball.
Sikandar Romario Jesuraj had a golden opportunity for Gaur in the 40th minute when Sanson Pereira found him in space with a cutback to the edge of the box, but his shot went harmlessly over the bar.
Tackles turned to stares and the referee’s polite interrogation was replaced by desperate pleas for a foul. The referee seemed on the verge of flashing the card on several occasions, but avoided it.
Goa’s Devendra and Mohammedan’s Faisal had chances to score but wrong choices and wrong passes meant they got nothing.
In extra time, Wayne Vaz had a header saved in the goal by Naveen Kumar, as expected by their captain Nikola Stojanovic, the Mohammedan fans liked.
With the clock running out in the first fifteen extra time, Milan Singh brought down Alberto Noguera in the same position he had scored. Resulting free-kick . From
Edu Bedia took the ball and placed it as he liked, looked up and swung the ball past Jothanmawiya in the Mohammedan goal. FC Goa finally went ahead with the whistle blowing.
In the second period of extra time, MSC had some chances from the corners as Naveen made a frantic save in the goal to complete his robbery for FC Goa.
FC Goa’s Naveen Kumar received the Golden Glove as Marcus Joseph claimed the Golden Boot and final goalie Edu Bedia won the Golden Ball for being the ‘Player of the Tournament’.
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