Kochi: The Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Kerala Blasters edged past FC Goa 1-0 to register their second win in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, here yesterday.
After a goalless first half, Salgaoncar striker Milagres Gonsalves made it count for Kerala with a left-footer that found the net in the 64th minute.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/nov/07milagres.jpg" alt="" /> Kerala Blasters FC&rsquo;s Milagres Gonsalves celebrates a goal during their ISL match against FC Goa at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium yesterday. Pic/ISL/Sportzpics&nbsp;
Coming in as the substitute in place of Chinadorai Sabeeth in the 56th minute, Milagres soon combined with another substitute Andrew Nikolas Barisic to give Kerala the winning goal.
In a move that brought the 47,000 capacity crowd to its feet, Penn Orji slid the ball from the far corner wide for Barisic inside the box, who drilled it across the face of the goal for Milagres at the far post. The forward then made no mistake as he tapped the ball in.
Kerala Blasters missed Iain Hume due to injury and made a total of four changes with Avinabo Bag, Raphael Romey, David James and Saumik Dey drafted in from the defeat against Mumbai City FC.
Former French international Robert Pires, who was the solitary change for Goa, was also unable to contribute and was finally substituted in the 72nd minute for Tolgay Ozbey.
Possession Goa though enjoyed the possession far more than Kerala but failed to capitalise. They played well in the first half but lost their way in the second.
Kerala on the other hand did not stop attacking even after Milagres strike as the No 88 created chances from the flanks and pushed the Goan defense back. The home side did guard their lead well to repudiate an equaliser.
Narayan Das was declared the Fittest Player of the Match while ISL&rsquo;s Emerging Player went to the young Kerala defender Sandesh Jhingan for his compact performance in the back line.
The win allowed Kerala to climb two spots to fifth in the league table while Zico&rsquo;s Goa remained at the bottom of the chart.

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