‘Good things come to those who wait’ goes a fashionable saying. Head coach Manolo Marquez actually waited till the final second to raise a piece of silverware with FC Goa.
After two seasons of close to misses, Marquez lastly had a trophy in his arms as Goa beat Jamshedpur FC 3-0 within the Super Cup 2025 final on the Kalinga Stadium right here on Saturday.
Borja Herrera scored in both half, whereas Dejan Drazic sealed the deal to assist the Gaurs safe an AFC Champions League Two Preliminary Round spot and a second Super Cup title.
Marquez’s males opened the scoring within the twenty third minute when left-back Aakash Sangwan’s shot was saved by Albino Gomes earlier than the ball fell in entrance of Borja contained in the field. His first shot was blocked brilliantly in entrance of purpose by Stephen Eze, and thankfully for the Spaniard, the ball got here proper again to him and this time he made no mistake of smashing it into the again of the online for his third purpose of the marketing campaign.
At the opposite finish, the Red Miners got here near scoring within the dying minutes of the primary half when Lazar Cirkovic’s header from the sting of the field struck the crossbar.
While Borja’s first strike required a little bit of luck, his second was pure ability and precision.
Six minutes into the second half, he collected the ball in the course of the pitch and drove into area earlier than lashing on the ball together with his left boot’s lace.
A stretching Gomes might solely watch helplessly because the ball glided into the highest proper nook. Goa put the final nail within the coffin when Carl McHugh noticed Drazic’s run into the final third with a defence-splitting by means of ball.
The Serbian took a contact to take the ball previous an advancing Gomes and slotted it into the purpose.
It was a perfect parting gift for Marquez, who will now focus solely on his duties with the Indian males’s soccer group.
The end result: Goa 3 (Borja 23, 51, Drazic 72) bt JFC 0.
Published – May 03, 2025 09:59 pm IST
