Watch, highlights ISL 2024-25: Borja Herrera nets hattrick to help FC Goa beat East Bengal

FC Goa secured their first win of their Indian Super League 2024-25 campaign as they edged past East Bengal 3-2 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Friday. Despite East Bengal’s best efforts, Borja Herrera’s sensational hattrick, the first of the season, was enough for Goa to get all three points.

The visitors started the game brightly as they made some impactful moves into the final third. The likes of Dejan Drazic, Borja Herrera and Boris Singh made openings early on in the game. Their persistent attacks were soon rewarded when Drazic’s cross from the left was parried away by East Bengal goalkeeper Debjit Majumder. However, the stray ball fell to Borja in space and the Spaniard slotted it into the net in the 13th minute.

The Gaurs kept troubling the East Bengal backline with their darting counter-attacks. In one such move, Boris Singh won possession from Hijazi Maher on the right flank in a dangerous area. The youngster came up with a perfectly weighted cut-back to find Borja in the box, who slammed it home again in the 20th minute to double the lead for the visitors.

However, the Carles Cuadrat-coached team retaliated well with some offensive moves. They eventually found an...

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