Goa: Odisha FC finally managed to win their first match in this year’s Indian Super League beating Kerala Blasters in a six-goal thriller at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim.
Diego Mauricio scored twice while Steven Taylor and one own goal from Jeakson Singh helped the cause for Odisha. Gary Hooper and Jordan Murry were the scorers for Kerala.
Odisha were coming from a loss against SC East Bengal and looked better and came up strong against the mighty Blasters. The match started with a bang as Murry opened the floodgates in the seventh minute.
Odisha came up strong equalising in the 22nd minute from Jeakson’s own goal. Odisha took the lead through captain Taylor three minutes from half time before Mauricio made it 3-1 in the 50th minute.
The Brazilian sealed the deal on the hour mark with a calm finish. Hooper reduced the margin in the 79th minute for Kerala but it was too little too late for them to comeback into the match.
