Welcome to Sportstar's live blog of this evening's FC Goa vs Hyderabad FC clash being played at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Goa. This was Neeladri Bhattacharjee bringing you pre-match buildup and live updates from the ISL match.
That was all for the match. We will be back tomorrow at 7:30 pm with more Indian Super League action. Thanks for tuning in and take very good care of yourselves.
Post-Match Comments:
Juan Ferrando, FC Goa Head Coach: "Cabrera has a lot of quality and for us it is very important to be ready for every game. I hope we can help the team with goals in the future. Our style will always be the same - positional attack, controlling the space."
Manuel Marquez, Hyderabad FC Head Coach: "I think the score is fair. I think goa had more possession in the first half. We wanted to win the game, but we shared points with Goa and as I say, we are in the first half of the competition and we still have lot of games to play."
Airam Cabrera, Hero of the Match, FC Goa: "I think it is the first time in my career I got an award like this. We cannot be happy, because we always want to win. I am just trying to help as much as possible for the team and my goal is just to help the team."
Full Time
FC Goa 1-1 Hyderabad FC
With both the goals coming in the second half, Joel Chianese and Airam Cabrera scored a goal each for their sides as the teams shared points at the end of a tense ISL fixture. FC Goa climbed up the table with the draw and remained unbeaten against an in-form Hyderabad FC.
90+4' It is pinball here in the dying moments of the game and as the ball tosses on heads in the dying moments, the referee blows his whistle for full-time
90+3' Airam Cabrera gives an aerial pass up front, but Kattimani was the first to grab the ball and stop any further development for FC Goa
90+1' Four minutes added to a math that has seen heated action right from kick-off. Sahil Tavora fouls Noguera and the play resumes after a short free-kick
89' Save! Noguera gets the ball on the left of the box and his shot is saved with a fantastic effort from Kattimani to keep the scores level
88' Ogbeche tries to snatch the ball from Edu Bedia and the referee blows his whistle for a foul and the Nigerian is very unhappy and his protests are reciprocated with a yellow card
85' Miss! Siverio and Aaren pair up and the latter takes a shot which is deflected away by the FC Goa goalie to keep it 1-1
84' Substitution for FC Goa! Nongdamba Naorem replaces Devendra Murgaonkar
83' Shot! Jadhav tries to make an instant impact, runs along the left and shoots, but it is off-target
82' Double substitution for HFC! Asish Rai is replaced by Aaren de Silva and Rohit Danu is replaced by Aniket Jadhav
81' Asish Rai is now brought down by Sanson, someone he had fouled seconds ago. But this time, he looks in a bad shape and he forced off the field with an injury
78' Edu Bedia takes the free kick with a left footed curler, but the ball is well wide of target
77' Play resumes after the cooling break and Goa tries to make a forward run and Asish Rai fouls Sanson and the referee gives a free kick at a scoring position. Rai needs to be careful - he is on a yellow card
75' It is to be noted that HFC has never beaten FC Goa in the Indian Super League. If it remains like this, it might remain the same. And just then Ogbeche gets a cross from the right and shoots on the volley as the ball flies off target and play stops for a cooling break.
72' Substitution! Sanson Pereira is subbed on for Saviour Gama for FC Goa while the goal scorer for HFC, Joel Chianese is replaced by Javier Silverio and Hitesh Sharma is replaced by Sahil Tavora
68' Yellow Card! Noguera gets a yellow card and HFC in the free kick, tries to take a set piece advantage, however, its is Dheeraj who takes control of the ball after it is floated into teh box
68' Block! Ogbeche receives the ball in the box, turns, twists and bends to the right and then shoots, but it was too late for a shot and the shot taken is blocked
65' Save! Dheeraj clings to teh ball as Ogbeche sprints to get a shot and the attacks stops with the goalkeeper allowing the attack to stop right there
62' GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! FC Goa attacks on the counter an Ashish Rai's goal line clearance falls for Cabrera and he finishes in style to make it all square
FC Goa 1-1 Hyderabad FC
60' HFC gets another space in the final third and Ogbeche fails to beat the keeper as Dheeraj clings to the ball to keep the score 0-1
59' FC Goa tries to go on the attack on the other end, but Ashish Rai, who has been brilliant on the pitch tonight comes to his team's rescue to cut off space for FC Goa
54' Ashish Rai, Poojary and Hitesh get involved in a triangular progression of passes and the ball is finally passed on to Poojary as Ashish requests him to cross in form the right and the Australian Chianese is present to meet it to give HFC the lead
54' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! Chianese scores to put HFC in front with a set-piece header from an Nikhil Poojary cross.
FC Goa 0-1 Hyderabad FC
50' Ashish Rai and Devendra Murgaonkar get together and Airam Cabrera get into a scuffle and as the referee clears the air over the ruckus, Ashish Rai is shown a yellow card and Murgaokar is attended by the Goa medical team
49' Ashis Rai makes a run on the right flank, leaves the Goa defender on the ground, but fails to launch a shot on target
48' Save! Murgaonkar takes control of the ball after FC Goa's press, and shoots with his right foot right in between two sky blue shirts, but Kattimani catches it comfortably
46' Goa starts on the attack, with Noguera marching forward and as he he surrounded by the HFC defence, he passes it for Murgaonkar and soon HFC gets back possession of the ball
Second Half Begins!
Half-Time
FC Goa 0-0 Hyderabad FC
In spite of the match happening end-to-end, there has been no goals in the match so far, with misses from Ogbeche, a save from Dheeraj and Seriton's goal ruled offside in the last minuted of the first half.
45+2' Shot! Ogbeche gets the ball outside the box, turns to his right and shoots with his right foot. However, the ball is way off target. The score remains 0-0
44' Off Side! FC Goa makes a run on the right, cuts in from the right and Seriton gets the ball to finish it at the back of the net. However, the linesmen raise the flaf to rule the goal out
43' Danu makes a run on the left flank, beats the FC Goa midfield, but fails to penetrate the defence with his cross and now FC Goa gows on an attack, but Murgaonkar' run is stopped by Juanan
42' Yellow Card! This time the player to be booked is the HFC captain and he is not happy at all. Ribello, the FC Goa plyer had not even appealed after the challenge
40' A very poor decision from the linesmen as a corner for HFC is turned in Goa's favour to give a goal kick. The HFC captain Joao Victor looks shocked
38' Shot! Seriton's cross reached Bedia, but the ball finally reaches Princeton, who tries a long ranger shot on goal, but shoots miles away off target
36' Save! Chianese makes another run in the Goa box, thumps in a shot, but Dheeraj somehow keeps the ball out of the net. Ogbeche was looming, but Aiban clears it away
35' Yellow Card! Chianese receives the ball from Ogbeche and goes down after a challenge. However, the foul goes in favour of FC Goa. No penalty - free kick for FC Goa
33' Match resumes after the cooling break with Goa trying a long ball right after the game started, but it goes out for a goal kick. No harm done.
Time for a cooling break!
31' A gorgeous pass from Noguera in the final third, but Kattimani was well ahead to grab the ball and contain any further danger for Hyderabad.
28' Another yellow card! Seriton goes for the ball, but stamps Akash Mishra at the back of his foot and he gets into the book this time. A yellow card on each side in this game so far
26' Yellow Card! Rohit Danu goes for the ball, but is penalized for a high boot as he goes into the book for the challenge. That's the first booking for Danu in ISL as well as for HFC in this game.
25' Corner! FC Goa's corner kick is cleared by Ogbeche with his head as the Nigerian is all over the field, attacking and defending equally well at the moment
22' Miss! HFC's corner kick is met by Sana Singh, but fails to hit the target as Ogbeche misses on the follow up, only to see the ball go out for a goal kick
21' Shot! Ogbeche now gets the ball on the other end and shoots from outside the box and gets a corner
21' FC Goa dominating possession after Hyderabad kept knocking on its box and now Goa goes on the attack, with Murgaonkar tries to dribble through Rai, but fails and the final shot is stopped by Kattimani
18' Devendra goes down on the ground after a challenge with Akash Mishra. The FC Goa forward is back on his feet and play resume
15' Bedia and Cabrera pair up in the right-midfield area, with Cabrera taking a shot that is blocked away and FC Goa's attack fizzles out as it starts building another from the back
13' Block! HFC makes a run with Poojary passing the ball to Ogbeche, who twists and turns and then shoots, which is blocked by the Goa defence. End-to-end stuff this
10' Attack in the Goa box, a cross for Ogbeche by Danu and Hitesh and Ogbeche try to get the ball past the orange wall of Goa, but to no avail
7' In the game so far, FC Goa has been dominating the attack so far. This may be loose play from Marquez's side or just a strategy to draw its opposition and then break on a counter.
5' Another cross in for Goa, which is cleared away as HFC continues to remain vulnerable against a desperate FC Goa
4' Chance! Noguera's set piece attempt is headed only to the right flank; Goa snatches it an cuts in from the right and takes a shot, which is saved by the HFC keeper
3' Hyderabad has one man behind every attacking player of FC Goa. The side has had an impressive defensive performance, allowing just four and scoring 10 in the league this season so far.
1' Hyderabad FC starts on the attack from the starting whistle with Hitesh Sharma trying to make a run along the left, but is stopped in his tracks
Kick off!
9:30 pm: FC Goa in orange starts from left to right while Hyderabad FC in its light blue away kit starts from the other end. FC Goa starts with a 3-4-1-2 formation while HFC has decided to go with a 4-2-3-1 shape.
9:25 pm: The players have arrived with Hyderabad FC eyeing a domination in top four compared to Goa, which has just returned to its winning rhythm with two successive wins. Can Goa make it three wins in three, or will HFC merge victorious?
We will have 90 minutes plus added time to find out what comes out of the second match tonight.
9:15 pm: STAT: Hyderabad FC has never won against FC Goa. In the four matches that they have played, FC Goa has won thrice and has drawn once.
9:00 pm: In the other Indian Super League match tonight, Chennaiyin FC looks to be returning to winning ways with a 2-0 lead over Odisha FC at the moment. Follow the match here:
8:48 pm: Confirmed Line-ups
FC Goa Starting XI: Dheeraj Moirangthem (GK), Mohamed Ali, Ivan Gonzalez, Aiban Dohling, Seriton Fernandes, Saviour Gama, Princeton Rebello, Edu Bedia (C), Alberto Noguera, Airan Cabrera and Devendra Murgaonkar
Hyderabad FC Starting XI : Laxmikant Kattimani (GK), Asish Rai, Chinglensana Singh, Juanan, Akash Mishra, Hitesh Sharma, Joao Victor (C), Nikhil Poojary, Joel Chianese, Rohit Danu and Bartholomew Ogbeche.
MATCH PREVIEW: ISL 2021-22: In-form FC Goa takes on high-flying Hyderabad FC
Riding on the joy of two successive wins, FC Goa will look to extend its winning spree when it locks horns with high-flying Hyderabad FC in the Indian Super League (ISL 2021-22) game at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday.
The Gaurs recovered from an abysmal start to the season that saw them lose their three opening games, before recovering to claim wins over SC East Bengal and Bengaluru FC.
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The side has largely depended on the expertise of Jorge Ortiz, who will miss Saturday’s clash after picking up a red card in the previous match. The Spaniard has been a key element in Juan Ferrando’s side as he has racked up three assists and a goal in five games.
“The most important thing for me right now is focusing on tomorrow’s game against Hyderabad, the 29 players in our squad must be ready for the game. Of course, injuries exist in this case and one red card in the case of Jorge [Ortiz]. But our focus is only towards the next 90 minutes,” said Ferrando on the eve of the game.
Aware of Hyderabad’s high-press playing style, Ferrando added that his team will need to pay attention to its transitional play. “It will be a difficult game because Hyderabad has a well-balanced team with young players and experienced players like Juanan, Hali [Halicharan Narzary] and Ogbeche [Ogbeche. We need to put our attention in transitions because sometimes they find the spaces, they know the timing, what is the best moment of transition in attack, what is the best moment to keep calm and be ready for positional attack.”
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Hyderabad FC began the season in fine fashion and is unbeaten in four games. Manuel Marquez’s side handed NorthEast United FC a 5-1 thrashing in its last game and is currently placed third in the League.
Hyderabad has one of the most balanced units in the League, with the likes of Akash Mishra and Asish Rai excelling in defence while Ogbeche shoulders the goal-scoring responsibilities. Chinglensana Singh and Juanan have also looked really good, while youngster Rohit Danu has shown plenty of promise. A win over FC Goa would take Hyderabad to the second spot on the table.
“It's another tough game. FC Goa lost three consecutive games after it was unbeaten at the end of the last season for so many matches and now the club has changed the system in the last two games and is playing good football. FC Goa is an interesting team. It plays a style of football that I like,” he said.
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