Durand Cup: Eduardo Bedia Pelaez’s extra-time aim helps FC Goa emerge champion

Durand Cup Final: Eduard Bedia’s extra-time aim within the one hundred and fifth minute helped FC Goa beat Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-0 to elevate the one hundred and thirtieth Durand Cup for the primary time in historical past on the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Sunday.

The closing kicked off on a full of life observe in entrance of 34,000 spectators with each Mohammedan Sporting and FC Goa each occurring the assault from the phrase go.Though each groups had been seeking to assault, they had been failing to maintain possession for longer durations. The first shot of the match got here from Marcus Joseph within the third minute however it was wayward.Soon after, FC Goa created an opportunity however a mix-up between Nemil and Romario within the field led to a simple save for the Mohammedan SC keeper.As the half began to progress, the temperature began to extend and the foul depend additionally began to extend. Mohammedan was on the receiving finish of the playing cards as they obtained three yellow playing cards inside a span of 17 minutes with the names Azharuddin Mallick, Nikola Stojanovic and Shaher Shaheen going into the guide.The match was slowly beginning to open up now, as probabilities had been being created extra typically, however none of them had been being transformed. A sudden second of uproar got here for VYBK within the thirty fifth minute when a shot from Milan Singh went flying into the aim from a distance however a foul was known as by the referee simply earlier than the shot was taken and the frustration of the group was clearly seen. For FC Goa, Romario had the most effective likelihood of the half when the defence was utterly foxed by a cross from Sanson Pereira from the left flank, however Romario despatched the shot broad of the aim put up.The first half ended with the scores tied at 0-0.The second half noticed FC Goa dominating possession, however the identical didn’t end in concrete probabilities as they misplaced the ball far too simply within the closing third. In the meantime, Mohammedan lastly made their first change of the match bringing on Brandon Vanlalremdika for Azharuddin Mallick, who was already on a yellow card. FC Goa additionally made their first change within the eighty fifth minute, with Redeem Tlang approaching for Romario Jesuraj.The previous few minutes noticed some moments of pleasure. Mohammedan made some good runs down the left flank within the final 5 minutes however once more did not make them depend. In harm time, Redeem Tlang got here near scoring the primary aim, however the angle was too steep and the ball went throughout the face of the aim. With the scores tied at 0-0 on the finish of regulation time, the ultimate went into additional time.While the primary half of extra-time appeared that it could finish goalless but once more, it was the magician from FC Goa, Eduardo Bedia, who got here up with the products. The FC Goa captain scored from a implausible free-kick awarded simply outdoors the Mohammedan field within the one hundred and fifth minute owing to a foul by Milan Singh.Though Mohammedan was determined for a aim within the second half of additional time, they appeared out of kinds, very similar to their efficiency in regulation time. It appeared that FC Goa would don’t have any subject sealing the deal however a second of scare got here for the Gaurs with simply 2 minutes to go in additional time as a Nikola Stojanovic shot from distance demanded a flying save from, FC Goa keeper Naveen Kumar.