The last goal of Sunil Chhetri Brise Goan Hearts as Bengaluru FC progresses at the final ISL 2024-25 – Firstpost

Goa, April 6: The Bengaluru FC qualified for a fourth record final of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 tonight after a global 3-2 victory against FC Goa in the semi-finals. Although the Blues lost the second stage at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Fatorda by 2-1 here, their 2-0 victory of the first match of this match earlier this week assured that they entered the shock of the summit, with Sunil Chhetri with a courtesy of a decisive goal in the additional time of the second half.

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The guails sought to set the tone for this game from the start, Boris Singh hammering a remote shot too high until the target in the seventh minute. In the following whole, Udanta Singh provided a precise pass to Iker Guarrotxena inside the 18 yards box, which the attacker gave a high and wide kick to the left. Although these efforts did not materialize in objectives, they spoke voluminous about the intention of FC Goa to reduce the deficit from the start.

In the 13th minute, Dejan Drazic turned into the thickness of things, leaping on a delivery by Aakash Sangwan to direct the ball just in the center of the net. However, the possible shot did not have the rhythm necessary to make its way on the back of the net.

The local team continued to be silent with external efforts, with Ayush Dev Chhetri and Guarrotxena teaming up in the additional time of the first half for the Spanish shooting to meet a timely block while the game entered the break at half-time without disturbing the scores.

The positive momentum of FC Goa finally borne fruit in the form of a goal by Borja Herrera in the 49th minute. They also pushed the figures at the start of the second test of the game, and a free kick on the absolute edge of the penalty zone propelled them to find their way into the competition. Herrera intensified itself on set tasks and broke the ball in the lower left corner by impeccable precision to raise the first goal of this team from this tie in the semi-finals.

The COOCHED Manolo Marquez team has had many narrow chances which are also presented in the coming phase of the game. Ayush Dev Chhetri hid a shot in the high center of the goal of the interior of the 69th minute box, and it was followed with the cross of Udanta in Guarrotxena which was heading towards the target by the latter. None of the two strokes had the finesse necessary to find their way in front of Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

The scene was perfectly defined for an exciting conclusion of the meeting. Sangwan prowess of the side areas were optimized in the 89th minute when his cross made the head by Armando Sadiku from the center of the box in the lower right corner to equalize the scores.

The objective, however, stimulated the Bengaluru FC to rediscover their offensive instincts while they were rushing immediately to be more numerous than FC Goa Backline, which led Sandesh Jhingan and Brison Fernandes conceding the precipitated corners in additional time. As a result of such a kick, Namgyal Bhutia whipped a cross which was received and directed by Sunil Chhetri with a large vigor in the top center of the goal, taking out the blues a place in the confrontation of the summit.

Key interpreter of the match

Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)

Chhetri came out of the bench in the 55th minute and adopted a role concentrated in advance, completing 10 of his 12 attempted passes, producing a chance to score goals, in addition to tackling and spinning once each.

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What is the next step for both teams?

The Bengaluru FC will face the ISL 2024-25 final on April 12 against the semi-final winner between the Jamshedpur FC and Mohun Bagan Super Giant. The FC Goa race in the campaign ends with this match.

Brief scores

FC Goa 2 (2) (Borja Herrera 49 ‘, Armando Sadiku 88’) – 1 (3) Bengaluru FC (Sunil Chhetri 90 + 2 ‘)