Sunday, 19 October 2014

Day 7, Match 6, First hat-trick!

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ISL's first football derby as Mumbai City FC met FC Pune City at the D.Y.Patil Stadium. Mumbai fell flat against Kolkata in their opener and Pune barely managed to pick up one point after settling for a draw against Delhi. This was a chance for both the teams to prove their worth and the Men in Blue proved that they are the dream team of the dream city.

Mumbai City 5 and FC Pune City nil!

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Peter Costa picked up a yellow card within two minutes rewarding Pune with a golden chance of taking a free kick from 18.30 ms which was wasted by Trezeguet as he fired way above the cross bar. Lenny stired a laughter in the crowd as he kicked thin air and the untouched ball invited mockery from the crowd. Andre Moritz quickly changed the game as he scored for Mumbai well within 12 minutes. He collected the ball just a little far from the half line and took it all the way across Pune's no.1. Terezeguet again made an effort but was contained by the cross bar. Andre Moritz doubled up the lead by converting Didika's corner kick into a goal. ISL had not seen successful corners till now. Subhash's goal furthered Mumbai's goal count and Pune's frustration. By the end of the first half, Pune looked scared!

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It was requisite for Pune to score in the second half but it was Mumbai who added on to the agony of the guest team. Reid changed the tactics and the focus was more on defending and Colomba surely did promote his forwards but as a barter the defending went loose. Andre Moritz scored again at 71  and became ISL's first player to score a hat-trick. Didika committed the same mistake that Piero did as he chose to take a shot himself when other players were at better scoring positions. Letzelter's 85th min goal gave a final blow to Pune. Hero of the Match was Andre Moritz.

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Our man of the match was the Brazilian midfielder, Andre Moritz. He gave ISL its first hat-trick and the owner, Ranbir Kapoor, a reason to cheer up. His performance was unparalleled and he changed every opportunity into a goal.

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