Tremendous Cup 2025 remaining | Goa offers Marquez an ideal parting present

A breeze: Goa netted thrice to win its second title.
| Photograph Credit score: BISWARANJAN ROUT

‘Good issues come to those that wait’ goes a well-liked saying. Head coach Manolo Marquez definitely waited till the final second to elevate a bit of silverware with FC Goa.

After two seasons of close to misses, Marquez lastly had a trophy in his arms as Goa beat Jamshedpur FC 3-0 within the Tremendous Cup 2025 remaining on the Kalinga Stadium right here on Saturday.

Borja Herrera scored in both half, whereas Dejan Drazic sealed the deal to assist the Gaurs safe an AFC Champions League Two Preliminary Spherical spot and a second Tremendous Cup title.

Marquez’s males opened the scoring within the twenty third minute when left-back Aakash Sangwan’s shot was saved by Albino Gomes earlier than the ball fell in entrance of Borja contained in the field. His first shot was blocked brilliantly in entrance of aim by Stephen Eze, and luckily for the Spaniard, the ball got here proper again to him and this time he made no mistake of smashing it into the again of the web for his third aim of the marketing campaign.

On the different finish, the Crimson Miners got here near scoring within the dying minutes of the primary half when Lazar Cirkovic’s header from the sting of the field struck the crossbar.

Whereas Borja’s first strike required a little bit of luck, his second was pure talent and precision.

Six minutes into the second half, he collected the ball in the course of the pitch and drove into house earlier than lashing on the ball together with his left boot’s lace.

A stretching Gomes may solely watch helplessly because the ball glided into the highest proper nook. Goa put the ultimate nail within the coffin when Carl McHugh noticed Drazic’s run into the ultimate third with a defence-splitting by ball.

The Serbian took a contact to take the ball previous an advancing Gomes and slotted it into the aim.

It was an ideal parting present for Marquez, who will now focus solely on his duties with the Indian males’s soccer staff.

The consequence: Goa 3 (Borja 23, 51, Drazic 72) bt JFC 0.