Argentina’s Pereira Dias, Sahal Abdul Samad and Uruguay’s Adrian Luna scored for the Blasters. A three-goal victory over Chennai, the team with the fewest goals in the league so far, will give the players and coach Vukomanovic the energy they need to move on.
From the start of the match, both teams came out on top in the attacking game. The Blasters took the lead against Chennai after a quick move by both the teams to move forward together. In the ninth minute of the match, the Blasters’ midfielder Dias put the ball in the middle of the ground and put it into the forward line. Dias Vishal Keith was the only batsman to cross the offside trap of the Chennai batsmen, passing the ball to the left corner of the goal post.
Shortly afterwards, in the 12th minute, Chennai’s Mirlan Mursev tried to bring Chennai in but the player’s attempt turned offside. The Blasters’ goal was saved in the 25th minute when captain Jesse Carneiro missed a clearance inside the box and had to climb into the Blasters’ net, but the Blasters’ goal was saved by Gill Blasters through an extraordinary save. Then, in the 28th minute, Blasters player Perera got a golden opportunity but his header went over the post. Later, Adrian Luna also got a chance but it too went unnoticed.
In the 30th minute, Chennai got a golden opportunity to join the Blasters, but Chennai’s German Preet Singh’s shot went just wide of the post. The Chennai cricketer, who gave German Preet a chance, could only stare helplessly at Mursav.
The Blasters shocked Chennai again in the 38th minute as they struggled to equalize. Malayalee player Sahal Abdul Samad scored the goal for the Blasters. Vazquez’s ball bounced off Sahal’s goal but Chennai’s goalie Vishal Keith blocked the shot. Sahal then rebounded the ball into the back of the net. Sahal also scored in the second game in a row for the Blasters this season.
With seconds left in the first half, Vazquez had another chance, but his shot was saved by Chennai goalkeeper Vishal Keith. The two teams then split for the first half.
In the second half, the Chennai players worked hard to score a goal. Most of the time, the ball was in the Blasters’ half. But the Blasters skillfully thwarted every move of the Chennai players. Meanwhile, the Blasters were attacking the other side, but none of them turned into goals. Adrian Luna then converted a chance in the 79th minute to give the Blasters the lead.
With the win over Chennai, the Blasters jumped to third in the points table in the league with 12 points from seven matches. Chennai are seventh with 11 points from seven matches.
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