Bambolim: Odisha FC experienced a big blow in their search for play-off qualifications after they were held in a 1-1 draw by FC Goa in their Super Indian league match on Tuesday.
Goals from Jonathas (61, penalty) and last-minute equalizer from striker FC Goa Romario (90 + 5) means that no team will take three points.
The results prevent Odisha from going up to fifth place in the standings, levels on points with Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasts FC.
As for FC Goa, The Winless Run extends to five matches.
Many end-to-end things were observed at the beginning of a few minutes by both teams.
Gaurs have a larger part of the ownership but struggles to translate it into a scoring opportunity.
Air Cabrera got a room behind Odisha’s defense in the first quarter of hours but finally took pictures over the crossbar.
At the other end, Liridon Krasniqi missed a great opportunity to score because the brave goalkeeper from Naveen Kumar.
Arshdeep Singh also had to make a strong rescue from Edu Bedia right after the drink was broken.
Princeton Rebello thought he had scored on the 40th minute sign until Thoiba Singh made a goal-efficient block in the box.
Both teams have no inspiration in the attack, which caused no goal on a half-time break.
After restarting, Cabrera demanded a penalty for potential hand balls but it didn’t work.
The striker got a shot past the goalkeeper but saw him blocked by the defender, it seemed by hand.
However, right on the hour sign, Kalinga soldier was awarded a penalty after Javier Hernandez tripped by Alberto Noguera in the box.
Jonathas stepped and sent a kick back to the upper left corner for a breakthrough purpose.
A few minutes later, Jerry Mawihmingthanga approached extending Odisha’s advantage but his chip hit the crossbar.
Derrick Pereira made several changes to the final stage of the match, pushing the equalizer.
Four minutes added to cessation that saw more pressure from Gaurs, looking for equalizer that was difficult to understand.
Finally came through Romario who scored through the header in the last minute of extra time, so sharing points on both sides.
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