Goa FC recovered from an early blow to beat NorthEast United FC 3-1 in a third round Indian Super league (ISl) encounter at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, here on Thursday.
The hosts opened the scoring through Francis Dadzie (12th minute) before Jonathan lucca (28th), Reinaldo (30th) and Mandar Rao Desai (70th) struck for the visitors.
The home team took the lead when Raju Yumnam’s cross from the left found Sanju Pradhan on the right. He rounded off Debabrata Roy and crossed for Francis Dadzie at the far post who headed home with ease.
In the 27th minute, Silas and Kamara combined with the latter finding Pradhan in plenty of space. The winger’s cross was close to Kattimani this time.
FC Goa replied back in the 28th minute when Sabeeth ran down the left and found Jofre on the edge of the box. The Spaniard laid it back for Jonatan lucca who curled it inside with his right foot.
Two minutes later, Reinaldo doubled the score-line. leo Moura found Jofre in space who cut inside and his shot took a deflection off Hengbart. Reinaldo under pressure from Ralte slid it in to make it 2-1.