Super Cup final | Goa shoots out East Bengal, defends title

FC Goa triumphed 6-5 successful a thrilling punishment shootout implicit East Bengal to clasp the AIFF Super Cup astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium present connected Sunday, and successful the process sealed the continental berth successful the AFC Champions League 2 for adjacent season.

Substitute Sahil Tavora enactment distant his spot-kick successful the abrupt decease aft Mohammad Rashid and P.V. Vishnu had blazed their penalties implicit the barroom to seal Goa’s triumph successful beforehand of jubilant location fans.

But for the immense bulk of the regularisation 90 minutes and 30 minutes of other time, East Bengal brilliantly executed its program of frustrating the location broadside by not allowing it to settee into its attacking rhythm.

Goa’s lynchpin Borja Herrera was double-teamed and marked retired of the game. His vexation lone compounded erstwhile helium missed his punishment successful the shoot-out.

However, East Bengal was wasteful successful beforehand of goal, with striker Hiroshi Ibusuki failing to deed the people aft beating the offside trap and later, heading the shot consecutive astatine goalkeeper Hrithik Tiwari aft being recovered by Bipin Singh’s cross.

The subdued location assemblage yet recovered its dependable successful the 76th infinitesimal erstwhile Brison Fernandes rattled the station with a strike, which was followed by Dejan Drazic putting his header wide from adjacent range.

Pol Moreno’s clearance-cum-shot mode retired from the centre ellipse was tipped onto the crossbar by a watchful Prabhsukhan Gill.

But some teams failed to interruption the deadlock adjacent aft other clip and had to beryllium separated by a nervy shootout successful the end, with Manolo Marquez’s men prevailing and winning the Super Cup for a record-extending 3rd time.

The result: FC Goa 0 drew with East Bengal 0; Goa won the punishment shootout 6-5.