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ISL: FC Goa thrash Mumbai City 7-0 to maintain top spot

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Fatorda (Goa): FC Goa continued their dream run in the Indian Super League (ISL) second season as the hosts crushed hapless Mumbai City FC 7-0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.

Thongkhosiem Haokip and MacPherlin Dudu scored a hat-trick each while Reinaldo netted in the dying minutes of the game to help the side enter the record books as they registered the biggest margin of victory in an ISL match.

With this win, the home side held on to the top position in the points table with 18 points from 10 games, having won five, drawn three and lost two.

On the other hand, after a miserable performance from the visitors, they found themselves in the sixth position with 12 points from 10 games, losing four while winning three and drawn three.

Nicolas Anelka’s Mumbai side made two changes for the game, brought in Lalcchuanmawia Fanai and Sunil Chhetri for the injured Brandon Fernandes and Subash Singh.

While Mandar Dessai, Jofre Mateu and Dudu Omagbemi made their way into the starting 11, Narayan Das and the injured duo of Bikramjit Singh and Rafael Coelho were replaced for Goa.

The carnage started in the 34th minute when Haokip opened the scoring for the home side to put Mumbai in the backfoot.

From there on, there was no looking back for legendary Zico-coached side as they went on scoring one after the other to put their name in the record books.

Soon after the 34th minute goal, Dudu scored the second for the side in the 42nd minute to go into the break with 2-0 lead.

Coming into the second half, the home side went in an all attacking mode by scoring in the 52nd minute (Haokip) to take 3-0 lead.

From there on, the fourth goal (Dudu) came in the 64th minute followed by the fifth (Dudu) in the 67th minute, the sixth (Haokip) in the 79th minute and the seventh and the last goal scored by Reinaldo in the 90th minute.

Goa next face defending champions Atletico de Kolkata in an away match on November 22 while Mumbai travel to Guwahati to face NorthEast United FC on November 20.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.

Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.

Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”

Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.

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