BHUBANESWAR 06-Apr-2018
I-League runners-up NEROCA FC got the better of Kerala Blasters FC 3-2 in the last pre-quarterfinal match of the 1st Super Cup Football Tournament at Kalinga stadium here today. The Manipur side came back from two goals down to beat the Karala outfit, scoring three goals in 10 minutes. NEROCA will play Bengaluru FC in the last quarterfinal on April 13.
Kerala Blasters took the lead as early as in the 11th minute through a penalty conversion by Spaniard Victor Pulga. Off an innocuous Kerala attack, referee Pranjal Banerjee adjudged veteran Neroca defender Gouramangi Singh to have handled the ball inside the box and Pulga wrong-footed Neroca keeper Lalit Thapa with considerable ease.
