ISL 2018-19: Corominas scores twice in Goa's 3-1 win over Kerala Blasters

With the latest home loss, Kerala Blasters FC drop down to seventh spot with seven points from as many games while FC Goa remain on top with 16 points from seven games

9:01 PM

Minute 70 -- Sloppy cleareance by Ali gives Doungel the chance to take a strike but his effort to the top right corner is parried by the diving goalkeeper. Nice save!

9:00 PM

Minute 67 (GOAL!!) -- Manvir Singh gets Goa's third!!! It's 0-3 in Kochi. Goa get the corner and the delivery is fine at the near post. Manvir, unchecked inside the six-yard box, rises to meet the delivery and heads it in. What was the defence doing?

8:58 PM

Minute 66 -- Corominas has the opportunity to get his hat-trick but he chooses to lay it off for Boumous on the right whose shot at the near post rattles off the goalkeeper's leg for corner

8:57 PM

Minute 66 -- Doungel dribbles around in the Goa half before pulling the trigger. His attempt is deflected

8:54 PM

Minute 63 -- Corominas, in the middle gets a cut-bacl from the left. His first attempt is blocked by sliding Kerala defenders. The ball falls back to Corominas whose second is parried off for a corner by the goalkeeper

8:51 PM

Minute 61 (SUBSTITUTION FOR GOA) -- Boumous in for Bedia

8:46 PM

Minute 57 (SUBSTITUTION FOR GOA) -- Manvir comes on for Jackichand

8:46 PM

Minute 56 -- Kerala get a free-kick outside the box, slightly on the right

8:45 PM

Minute 55 -- Kerala with some intricate move in and around the Goa box but they overcook it and the clearance means they have to start again

8:43 PM

Minute 52 -- The distance isn't too conducive but Doungel powers it towards the bottom right corner and a diving goalkeeper parries it back to make a good save

8:42 PM

Minute 52 (YELLOW CARD) -- Poplatnik is almost ready to take a shot from outside teh box so Bedia clips him from behind. One for the team.

8:41 PM

Minute 50 -- Kerala have looked more adventrous since the start of the second half but are yet to make anything out of it

8:39 PM

Minute 46 (SUBSTITUTION FOR KERALA) -- Rakip out, Kali in

8:37 PM

Second half begins

8:31 PM

Half-time report: Spanish forward Ferran Corominas struck twice in the first half to put FC Goa 2-0 forward against Kerala Blasters FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Sunday.

 

The first goal came in the 11th minute when Goa got a corner that was headed back out of the box. Jahouh received the ball and floated it back into the box from the right hand side with Corominas reaching at the near post and putting on a glancing header that put the ball inside the far post to make it 0-1.

 

After the first goal, Goa continued to pile pressure on the home team who had a hard time getting out of their own half and relied heavily on counter-attacks to get forward. Goa were comfortable building from the back and were generally patient with their build up even though the first goal came off a set-piece and the other, in the extra-time, came through a counter-attack.

 

The second came in the last minute of the first half when Corominas carried the ball forward in a counter-attack with two of his teammates on either side. He ran through the middle and opened up space for himself, cut in a little bit to get on his favourite right foot and struck the ball at the bottom left corner to make it 2-0 in Goa's favour.

 

Kerala haven't been great going forward although they did have a great chance to equalise in the 16th minute when Goa got a free-kick that was promptly cleared. Seriton miscued the clearance and the onrushing Narzary was through on goal with a teammate by his side, but before he could either take the shot or lay it off a sliding Seriton tackle saved the day for Goa.

 

Kerala will need to improve a lot going forward, which isn't going to be easy, especially since Stojanovic has been substituted off. They do have Vineeth on the bench and bringing him on might inject that much needed vitality among the Kerala forwards