This season the Indian Super League Big Scorelines has become almost norms with matches involving Odisha FC.
And they are on both sides of the margin.
On Monday, in the salak Maidan in Goa, it was their man throughout Jerry Mawihmingthanga’s season who scored a burial goal and became a provider for the fourth goal when the Kalinga soldiers appeared 4-2 winning in a thrilling battle with the Mumbai FC table.
The 24-year-old Mizo winger scored in a span of seven minutes and Aridai Suarez and Super-Sub Jonathas de Jesus scored a small one for Odisha while Ahmed Jahouh and Igor Angulo scored for the island residents in the match.
who saw end-to-end action throughout.
And if Mumbai is a better side in the first half except the initial setback, Odisha brought their game to their opponents after a breath destroying league leaders des buckinghams and leaving their defenses in the last game in 30 minutes.
With that victory, Odisha lives in seventh place with 13 points from nine matches and snapped in a row without their victory in the first new year’s match.
Odisha led only four minutes to the match assisted by careless work from Mumbai goalkeeper Mohammad Nawaz.
Back in action after serving his suspension, Mumbai Center-Back Mourtada Fall gave a ball to Javi Hernandez who played Suarez near the left corner of the box before the Spanish striker took him with his right foot.
But Nawaz can do a better way than let it slip underneath and roll into the net.
Mumbai City did not take long to regroup after the initial Blooper.
In the 11th minute, they must definitely attract parity with Jahouf scoring with clamp from outside the area.
Odisha defenders paid the price to leave the room around the area for their familial opponents when Cassio Gabriel put it perfectly for Jahouft in the entire area before his strike hit the inside of the right post and shook the net giving Odisha Kamaljit Singh’s guard at all.
After that came a series of attacks of Mumbai but the Odisha defense, led by Hector Rodas and Victor Mongil in the center, managed to hold the fort until the 38th minute.
This time, the Spanish striker the Angulo Islands wrote his name in Scoresheet to Jahouh’s free kick from a considerable distance.
This is the eighth goal of Angulo this season, equaling Titis Bartholomew Ogbeche above the list of goalscorers.
Going to rest with their nose ahead, it looks like the city of Mumbai will be ready for Encore after a break.
Instead, Odisha returned a lot with the intention and keep their opponents under pressure with a beautiful buildup game but had to wait until the 70th minute to raise the score.
It was a Jerry winger who nodded home down Nadhakumar Sekar Cross from the left touchline.
Seven minutes later, Odisha rolled back the advantage of riding a doubles from Jerry who lived.
This time Jonathas helped a small winger near D before Jerry detonated his right footer across Nawaz’s face to the upper left corner of the net to send their suspended coach Kiko Ramirez, in the stands.
Just as Mumbai’s search for equalizer continues with the backline of Odisha which is sandy and Kamaljit who is always on standby to hold their actions together, Juggernaut puts the score beyond Mumbai’s reach.
Jerry returned to Jonathas with a perfect cross from the right take his marker, and Brazil just had to guide home from close range to seal the deal.