INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE
Kolkata, Feb 20: FC Goa registered a comfortable 2-0 victory over Mohammedan Sporting Club to secure their first win of Indian Super League 2025-26 season at the Kishore Bharti Krirangan here on Friday.
The victory provisionally lifted FC Goa to the top of the table with four points from two matches, while Mohammedan are yet to score their first goal after two games.
Pol Moreno opened the scoring in the fourth minute, and their advantage was doubled in the 32nd through a Dejan Drazic penalty as The Gaurs went into half-time with a 2-0 lead.
Pol Moreno was adjudged the Player of the Match.
FC Goa struck early, as Drazic’s out-swinging corner found Moreno unmarked inside the area. The defender powered a header past Subhajit Bhattacharjee, leaving the Mohammedan goalkeeper with no chance.
Goa nearly doubled their advantage moments later with another sweeping move. Brison Fernandes, left completely unmarked inside the area, met Boris Singh’s cross with a diving header that beat the goalkeeper, but crashed back into play off the upright.
The visitors dictated the tempo through their dominance in midfield, controlling possession, but Mohammedan remained a threat on the break, using swift counter-attacks to unsettle the Goa backline.
The Gaurs scored their second just before the water break when Udanta Singh was fouled inside the penalty box by Bhattacharjee. Drazic stepped up and calmly dispatched the resulting penalty, sending the Mohammedan custodian the wrong way.
FC Goa maintained control for the remainder of the half and had further opportunities to extend their lead, but a lack of clinical finishing kept the scoreline unchanged as they headed into the break with the two-goal cushion.
Mohammedan head coach Mehrajuddin Wadoo made three changes at the restart, introducing Md. Fardin Ali Molla, Makan Winkle Chothe and Lalngaihsaka in a bid to shift the momentum. (PTI)
