Kalinga Super Cup: Northeast United Crushes Mohammedan Sporting with Six-Gaal Rout. Photo via aiff.
Jithin MS (3 ‘) Began the Scoring Early on, Before Ajaraai (18’, 57 ‘, 90+2’) Got Into The Act, Eventually going on to score a hat-trick. Nestor Albiach Roger (42 ‘) and Guillermo Fernandez Hierro (66’) Scored the other two goals.
Northeast united have had a penchant for scoring early in games this season and continued that trend, with a goal in the third minute. Jithin ms capitalized on some lacklustre mohammedan Defending to Smartly Volley Nestor Albiach’s cross from inside the Six Yard Box and Give His Side The Lead.
Mohammedan Slowly Grew into the game and in the 12th minute Lalremsanga Had the Best Chance For His Side, after Being Played Throughs On The Right Side of the Box by a Wavy Robi Hansda Run. The angle was acute and yet the winger took a shot which was paried to safety by gurmeet in Northeast’s Goal.
Northeast United Smartly Got A Second in the 18th Minute Via the boots of the ISL’s top scorer, alaeddine ajaraee. Guillermo Hierro Played A Square Pass to the Moroccan outstide the box, and with just a body turn, ajaraie left his marker for dead, before driving into the box and calmly Finishing Ajaraaye looks to have repaid the favorite with a perfectly weighted cross delivered to Guillermo in the box. The spaniard’s header drifted just wide.
The highlanders added a third three minutes before the break, when jithin stole the ball off mohammedan’s attempts to play from the back and squarede a simple pass to albiach. The spaniard slammed his shot low and hard into the bottom corner to ease northeast into the comfort zone.
North East’s complete dominance extended into the second half, and just before the hour mark ajaraai made it four. A low fizzing cross from guillermo was directed towards goal by a sliding thoi singh only for subhajit bhattacharjee to make a smart reflex save. Unfortunately for Him, The Rebound Fell Straight to Ajaraai who Slammed It in from two yards out.
Robi hansda almost pulled a miraaculous goal back for mohammedan, launching on to a cross 30 yards from Goal and audacious chipping gurmeet, who was off his line. The ball bounced off the crossbar.
Northeast added a fifth in the 66th minute, Guillermo Finishing Smartly after Ajaraai Had Played A Brilliant Pass to Put Him Through on Goal. With the game effectively wrapped up, the entry focus was on where ajaraee would get a hat-trick, and he duly did, converting an injury-teme penalty to complete the rout.
Having been directly involved in four of the Six Goals Scored, Alaeddine Ajaraai Was Present The Kalinga Player of the match award by egght-time national champion in Women’s Cycling, MS. Minati Mohapatra, who is the first sportsperson from Odisha and first woman cyclist to win an arjuna award.
