Delhi Dynamos FC beat FC Pune City 3-2
Delhi Dynamos FC beat FC
Pune City 3-2 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Pune on
Wednesday. Paulinho Dias opened the scoring for Delhi in the 46th minute, while
Lallianzuala Chhangte and Matias Mirabaje netted in the 54th and 65th minute,
respectively.
Emiliano Alfaro scored Pune’s first goal of the match in the 67th
minute and Marcos Tebar netted their second in injury-time.
After a cagey start to
the contest, the first chances of any note in the game went Pune’s way. Alfaro
couldn’t quite get his head on a cross from the right in the 22nd minute, while
Baljit Sahni failed to keep his shot at goal on target moments later after
Marcelinho had done brilliantly to put him in on goal.
Alfaro went clear of
Delhi’s defence and had only the goalkeeper to beat nine minutes later but
Albino Gomes was quick off his line to thwart the danger. Pune continued to see
more of the ball as the half progressed but couldn’t create any further
clear-cut goal-scoring opportunities before the half-time whistle.
Paulinho scored for
Delhi straight from the restart to leave the hosts stunned and give his side an
early second-half lead. Chhangte whipped in an inviting ball from the left
flank, which Paulinho headed beyond a helpless Kamaljit Singh to give the Lions
a 1-0 lead.
They nearly doubled
their lead soon after through a Mirabaje shot that was deflected over the
crossbar. The Dynamos, however, did extend their lead in the 54th minute
courtesy of Chhangte, who capitalized on a defensive lapse by Pune before
bursting through on goal and dinking the ball over the outrushing goalkeeper to
make it 2-0.
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Mirabaje then had
another opportunity to get his name on the scoresheet after a delightful cross
from the right found him unmarked in the box. The Uruguayan midfielder kept his
header on target, but his effort went straight into Gomes’ grateful arms.
He did eventually score
for the Lions in the 65th minute with an excellent left-footed strike from
outside the box that’ll surely be contender for goal of the season. The
Uruguayan collected the ball on the right side of the pitch before unleashing a
thunderous shot into the top left corner to make it 3-0.
His countryman Alfaro
pulled one back for the home side two minutes later after some excellent attacking
play. The Pune striker received the ball in the penalty box before holding off
three defenders and shooting on the turn from the edge of the box to reduce the
deficit to 3-1.
Kalu Uche could have
re-established Delhi’s three-goal lead in the 72nd minute when he found himself
on the end of a dangerous cross from the left, which he couldn’t direct
goal-wards with his head. His miss allowed Pune to stay in the game and reduce
the margin of defeat to just one goal after Tebar scored in stoppage-time. The former
Delhi midfielder slotted Marcelinho’s cross from the right into the net from
close range but couldn’t prevent his side’s first loss of the season.
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