Bambolim: Jamshedpur FC hit a big blow for the aspiration of the FC Goa for play-off playground with solitary aim of winning in the Indian Super League (ISL) match here on Friday.
The victory brought the son of Coyle to second place at the league table but keeping Derrick Pereira’s son stuck in ninth place with four matches without victory.
His own goal came through Daniel Chima Chukwu (49th minute), who scored on his first sightseeing for Jamshedpur after signing them in the January transfer window.
The match had an important start with Chukwu sent his foot shot with a narrow widening of the sign.
At the other end, Ivan Gonzalez hit the bottom of the cross with the header.
The rebound fell to Edu Bedia whose low shot was saved by TP Rehenesh.
Gaurs made more attacks on the JFC defense but it didn’t work.
The first round was very fisty for the least, which caused three yellow cards to be distributed to Alex Lima, Anwar Ali and Daniel Chukwu.
Injury and cessation caused four minutes to add time but no team managed to break through the defense and scored the opening goal.
The second half began with JFC pushing a goal and they got it through the Chukwu debutant, the Voloyan was too strong for Naveen Kumar.
The custodian got both hands on the ball but could not prevent it from slipping to the back of the net.
Ali approached the narrowness with Gaurs past the clock but the ball did not enter after hitting the crossbar for the second time.
At the 80th minute stroke, Airan Cabrera hit the crossbar for the third time for FC Goa with the volley of the left foot.
Coach FC Goa Pereira made a number of changes to change the direction of the match.
However, despite creating a large number of opportunities, the equalizer avoided them when Coyle’s troops defended their repermination with collective strength and secured three points.
FC Goa will face the Ambitious Odisha FC in Bambolim on Tuesday while Jamshedpur FC is waiting for the Bengaluru FC challenge in the form on Saturday in the same place.