ISL: Odisha FC make stunning comeback to register their first home win of season

The Diwali fireworks started early at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar as Odisha FC secured all three points against Kerala Blasters with a dramatic 21 comeback win in the Indian Super League ISLHarmanjot Khabra scored in the 35th minute before Jerry Mawihmingthanga equalised in the 54th minute and substitute Pedro Martin won it for the Juggernauts in the 86th minuteOdisha FC made one change to the side that lost to Mumbai City FC Thoiba Singh replaced Raynier Fernandes in the midfield as they retained their 433 formation with Diego Mauricio up topAlso readISL Hyderabad FC Mumbai City FC share spoils after a sixgoal thrillerKerala Blasters FC fielded the same eleven that lost against ATK Mohun Bagan as Ivan Kaliuzhnyi retained his place up front alongside Dimitrios DiamantakosThe ball was in the Kerala Blasters net after seven minutes but the goal was disallowed Mauricio cut in from the left flank before getting his shot away from an extremely acute angle The effort was parried away by Prabhsukhan Gill before it reached Isaac ChhakchhuakThe midfielders goalbound shot was blocked by Gill before Jerry tried to tap it in from close range The goal was chalked off because Gill had a glove on the ball when Jerry toepoked it into the netHalfway through the first half the Blasters scurried to clear an Odisha FC corner The ball found its way to Thoiba whose shot from the edge of the box forced a brilliant save out of the Blasters shotstopperThe visitors got their noses in front ten minutes before halftime Adrian Luna played a short corner to Lalthathanga Khawlhring before whipping a brilliant inswinging ball from the left flank Khabra sprung the offside trap and broke the deadlock with a thumping headerThe Juggernauts almost equalised three minutes later from a corner as Isaac curled the ball in towards the far post Saul Crespo under pressure from Khabra saw his header fly narrowly wide of goalTwo minutes into the second half Jerrys cross from the right wing was poked at goal by Mauricio However Gill was positioned well and pushed the effort onto the post before it was cleared to safetyIt was all square in the 54th minute when Shubham Sarangis long throw from the right was flicked on by Osama Malik in a chaotic penalty area before Carlos Delgados shot was parried into the path of Jerry and the 25yearold made no mistake tapping it in from close rangeA minute from the hour mark Lunas inswinging ball from the corner caught the Odisha FC defence offguard Amrinder Singh at full stretch could not get a glove on it and was relieved to see the ball hit the far post and roll out for a goal kickThe game turned on its head in the 86th minute Amrinder lofted the ball towards the final third where substitute Pedro Martin took it down with a deft touch before smashing it past Gill with aplomb to give Odisha FC their second Hero ISL win over Kerala Blasters FCThe Juggernauts are now third in the Hero ISL with six points just a point off the top They will host Bengaluru FC on Thursday October 27 Meanwhile The Blasters are now ninth with just three points and will travel back home to welcome Mumbai City FC on October 28This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever