East Bengal FC and FC Goa locked horns in the sixth match of the Indian Super League 2022. Both teams played this match at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata. The hosts Bengal fielded a lineup of 4-4-2 whereas FCG came up on the field with a combination of 4-2-3-1 in their first match of the ninth season of ISL.
Goa stunned the hosts in the very last minute of the extra time, everyone was amazed and impressed with this brilliance from the visitors’ side. The match was going equal even till the last minute of the match but eventually, it was FCG who took all three points out of the game.
With said that here we’ll have a look at all the action that happened in this nail-biting thriller between EBFC and FCG.
Here’s all that happened between East Bengal FC and FC Goa:
First-ever win at the Salt Lake Stadium in the #HeroISL and what a way to do that 😍
— FC Goa (@FCGoaOfficial) October 12, 2022
VAMOSSSSS 🧡#ForcaGoa #UzzoOnceAgain #EBFCFCG pic.twitter.com/imqADhQi5y
Speaking of the match, Brandon Fernandes scored an early goal for Goa only in the seventh minute of the match. FCG maintained this lead till the end of the first half. But in the second half, Cleiton Silva came up with the equalizer on a penalty in the 64th minute of the match in the favor of East Bengal.
A tight competition was there between both the teams with an equal score of 1-1. Everyone was quite a bit assured that this match would end in a draw, but Edu Bedia proved everyone’s assumptions wrong and smashed a stunner in the last minute of injury that was provided the game after the end of 90 minutes of the game.
FCG won the club award for winning this thriller in an emphatic style and Eduardo Bedia Pelaez has adjudged the Hero of the match for his match-defining goal in the very last minute of the match.
So, this is it from a nail-biting thriller of the Indian Super League 2022. Now, NEUFC will take on Hyderabad FC in the seventh match of the tournament tomorrow the 13th of October from 7.30 PM according to the Indian Standard Time.