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FC Goa authored a dominating performance to blitz Jamshedpur FC 5-0 to finish on top with nine points and push their ISL rivals out of the 130th Durand Cup.
It was an incident free first quarter of an hour, with FC Goa keeping the likes of Glan Martins and Makan Chote on the bench and giving India international Brandon Fernandes a start along with a third keeper in the tournament in Hrithik Tiwari.
They were looking to take control and eventually Devendra Murgaokar got a free-header off a corner in the 20th minute and nodded home from close to give FC Goa their first of the game. Then six minutes later, Princeton Rebello got two bites of the cherry inside the Jamshedpur FC box and blasted the second one home past a hapless Vishal Yadav under the Jamshedpur FC bar.
Devendra Murgaokar then tapped in a third, his second of the game and third of the tournament, a minute before a break to make it 3-0 for the Goans at half-time.
The talented Muhammed Nemil then made the second half his own with a double strike. He scored the first just after commencement and then in the 81st minute smartly chipped the keeper for his third of the tournament and FC Goa’s fifth of the game.
It was a resounding performance and Nemil was the deserving Man of the Match.
