Noah Sadawi’s stoppage-time goal helped Kerala Blasters beat Odisha 3-2

Noah Sadawi’s late goal gave Kerala Blasters a 3-2 win over Odisha FC in an Indian Super League match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Monday. Noah scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time after both teams had tied the game at 2–2. The Blasters’ other two goals came from Kwame Peprah (60th) and Jesus Jimenez (73rd). Jerry Maviminthanga (4th) and Dori (80th) were the top scorers for Odisha. The Juggernauts are now winless in their last four matches and the Kochi side are unbeaten (W5, D2) in all seven matches in which Noah has scored this season as the home side scored three times in the final half. an hour of play.

The Juggernauts made a strong start to the game in the fourth minute, taking a relatively direct route to catch the Kerala Blasters defense off guard.

Once inside the penalty area, Dori beat Pritam Kotal in the air and headed the pass to Jerry Mavihmingtanga, who was in the center of the 18-yard area.

Gerry covered a few crucial yards at a brisk pace, made an impressive adjustment and sent the ball into the bottom right corner, kicking just high to open the scoring.

Kwame Peprah managed to equalize in the 60th minute.

Koru Singh creatively fired a through ball from the right flank that found its way into the Odisha defence. The pass was played with perfect speed but it was Peprah who beat Mourtada Fall and Rohit Kumar to the end of the pass and slotted it into the bottom left corner.

Following this, Kerala Blasters stepped up their attacking efforts. In the 73rd minute, the entire front line came to the fore to slice through the Odisha defence.

Adrian Luna moved to the right flank and crossed to Noah at the far left post. Noah showed his smarts by heading the ball to Jesus Jimenez in the middle instead of heading towards goal.

Jimenez made an excellent save, sending the ball into the center of the goal to give the home team the lead.

Odisha regrouped after Jimenez’s strike. Diego Mauricio fired a free-kick from the edge of the penalty area into the center, which went straight into the top right corner, but Sachin Suresh saved it just in time.

The ball was cleared but met Savior Gama just outside the 18-yard box. Gama hit a powerful shot which had to be saved by the Kerala Blasters goalkeeper in the center of the goal.

Dori immediately took advantage of the rebound, fired the ball into the net from very close range and equalized the score in the 80th minute. However, their momentum was interrupted by the sending off of Carlos Delgado in the 83rd minute for a second yellow card.

Kerala Blasters took advantage of this alone, outnumbering the Odisha defense in the final third. They continued to chase the winner into second-half stoppage time, with Noah providing the final touch to take three points for the evening.

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