ISL 2018-19: Late Mills goal seals 2-1 win for Pune City against Jamshedpur
The win lifts Pune City from the bottom of the table to the eighth spot with five points from eight games while Jamshedpur are in the fourth spot with 11 points from eight
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FC Pune City vs Jamshedpur FC (Photo: indiansuperleague.com)
Full-time report: Englishman Matt Mills scored from a header in the 86th minute, allowing FC Pune City to take all three points against Jamshedpur FC at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Pune.
The home team drew first blood when, in the fifth minute, Diego Carlos picked up the ball near the halfway line and went on a zig-zag run before driving a low shot towards the left corner from outside the box to make it 1-0 for Pune.
Jamshedpur's equaliser came just five minutes later when Sumeet Passi received a cross inside the box with nobody marking him and nodded the cross him to make it 1-1.
The visitors nearly took the lead in the game in the 17th minute when Ashique shook the woodwork with his effort from the right edge of the box.
Jamshedpur had to back-to-back opportunities in the 54th minute but Pune keeper Kamaljit first cleared the danger from a tight angle seconds before a Pune defender nearly put the ball inside his own net. However, the ball clipped the outside of the post and Pune survived.
The home team then got the opportunity to go ahead in the 61st minute. The attack started with a break after a fine long-ball on the right. Ashique floated a fine cross from the right into the far post. Robin Singh had the goalpost at his mercy but headed his effort up and over the empty net before being substituted out seconds later.
Pune did get their goal, albeit quite late in the game, from a corner. Mills rose to meet the ball and, with a downward header, nestled the ball into the far bottom corner to seal the first win of the season for Pune.
The win lifts Pune City from the bottom of the table to the eighth spot with five points from eight games while Jamshedpur are in the fourth spot with 11 points from eight.
9:23 PM
Full-time match report to follow
9:22 PM
Full-time
9:21 PM
Minute 90+3 (YELLOW CARD FOR PUNE) -- Stankovic is the latest player to go into the book
9:21 PM
Minute 90+3 -- Pune look to hit Jamshedpur on break but Ashique underhits a pass to Hume and the attack fizzles out
9:19 PM
Minute 90 -- Four minutes of additional time
9:16 PM
Minute 86 (GOAL!!) -- Matt Mills scores for Pune!! The home team get a corner which finds Mills. The Englishman goes with a downward header targeted towards the far post and makes it 2-1 for Pune
9:11 PM
Minute 83 (YELLOW CARD FOR PUNE) -- Ashutosh is booked
9:10 PM
Minute 82 (SUBSTITUTION FOR PUNE) -- Adil out, Sampingiraj in
9:07 PM
Minute 78 -- Calvo drives in from left and almost finds teh top left corner
9:05 PM
Minute 76 - Stankovic spots Mehta's run and delivers a cross but a heavy first touch from Mehta allows the goalkeeper to get to the ball before anything major can happen
9:02 PM
Minute 73 (SUBSTITUTION FOR PUNE) -- Diego out, Stankovic in
9:00 PM
Minute 72 -- Ashique gets the ball on the left and crosses it to the far post for Hume who fails to keep his header down
8:57 PM
Minute 69 (SUBSTITUTION FOR JAMSHEDPUR) -- Morgado out, Soosai in
8:54 PM
Minute 66 (YELLOW CARD FOR JAMSHEDPUR) -- Robin gets booked
8:53 PM
Minute 65 (SUBSTITUTION FOR JAMSHEDPUR) -- Jerry out, Fraukh in
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First Published: Nov 21 2018 | 6:58 PM IST