Ortiz Brace Helps Clinical Goa Beat Jamshedpur 3-0

Ortiz brace helps clinical Goa beat Jamshedpur 3-0

Margao (Goa), Jan 14 : A brace from Jorge Ortiz and Naveen Kumar’s brilliance in goal helped FC Goa script a 3-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Fatorda Stadium here on Thursday.

 Ortiz Brace Helps Clinical Goa Beat Jamshedpur 3-0-TeluguStop.com

Ortiz scored in both halves while Ivan Gonzalez added a late third after Jamshedpur’s Alexandre Lima received marching orders following a second booking.

Kumar got his first start for Goa under Juan Ferrando while Lenny Rodrigues returned to the side.Topscorer Igor Angulo was a surprise exclusion as Alberto Noguera came in, allowing Ortiz to play in the number 9 role.

Owen Coyle made just two changes with Narender Gahlot and Issac Vanmalsawma starting ahead of Joyner Lourenco and Jackichand Singh.

It was end-to-end play in the opening minutes which saw both sides create goal-scoring opportunities.

Jamshedpur had an early opportunity to take the lead when they were awarded a free-kick outside the box.Aitor Monroy’s outswinging freekick into the box was there to be put in by Peter Hartley, but the skipper couldn’t get the right connection.

At the other end, Goa pressured the opponents and nearly broke the deadlock when Brandon Fernandes played Ortiz through on goal, but the latter’s shot was kept out by TP Rehenesh.

However, the Jamshedpur goalkeeper couldn’t stop Ortiz in the 19th minute.Noguera’s brilliance on the right saw him get past his marker with quick feet and composure.The Spaniard then squared the ball to Ortiz, who fired it into the bottom corner.

Jamshedpur had their best chance to level terms in the 25th minute.Alexandre Lima got past James Donachie on the left and on reaching the byline, played a cutback pass for Valskis.

But the Lithuanian’s strike was saved by Naveen.

Soon after the restart, Ortiz scored his second.Noguera played Brandon through and the Goan squared it towards Ortiz.He took a first-time shot, which hit the post but he did not miss on the rebound.

Ortiz had the chance to complete his hat-trick a while later but this time, Rehenesh pulled off a fine save.

While the Goa attackers were doing their job, they were well backed up by their keeper Naveen, who was at his best to frustrate JFC strikers.

Naveen denied his former teammate Jackichand Singh with a brilliant save to ensure a clean sheet.

Things got worse for Jamshedpur when Lima was sent off for his second yellow after a tackle on substitute Devendra Murgaonkar.

Then, Goa scored their third through Ivan Gonzalez.The defender played a one-two with Angulo at the edge of the box and dinked the ball past Rehenesh, into the net

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