Kwame Peprah had been injured for an excellent a part of final season and even throughout his keep on the sector he had been dwelling in Dimitrios Diamantakos’ shadow. On Sunday the younger Ghanaian stole the thunder from Diamantakos, the ISL high scorer final season, as he scored a late match-winner that gave the Kerala Blasters a 2-1 victory over East Bengal FC on the Nehru Stadium right here.
Peprah had are available in simply 13 minutes earlier changing the staff’s star ahead Jesus Nunez. The victory was the Blasters first this season and the profitable aim got here moderately dramatically. Ok.P Rahul despatched a cross from the left and Anwar Ali appeared able to kick away the hazard however Aimen stole it with a wise slide and despatched it to Peprah who fired it house with a left-footer.
P.V. Vishnu, a 22-year-old from Kasargod, had given EBFC the lead within the 59th minute and Noah Sadaoui, the current Durand Cup’s Golden Boot winner, had netted the Blasters equaliser earlier.
After the dismal season-opener towards Punjab FC, the Blasters coach Stahre had spoken about placing a variety of gamers increased up and that noticed a full of life match this night.
And regardless of having two males guarding him, Diamantakos appeared harmful. He bumped into the field within the 59th minute and foxed the Blasters goalkeeper Sachin Suresh with a wise cross to his proper which Vishnu tapped in neatly.
However Sadaoui was fast to stage the scores, racing in from the left, dodging a defender and scoring with a pleasant shot to the far nook.
The consequence: Kerala Blasters FC 2 (Noah Sadaoui 63, Kwame Peprah 88) bt East Bengal FC 1 (P.V. Vishnu 59).
Printed – September 23, 2024 05:43 am IST
