Trezeguet fires as Pune beat Goa to record maiden win

October 26, 2014 09:44 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 04:10 pm IST - Pune

David Trezeguet of FC Pune City in action against Mumbai City FC. File photo

David Trezeguet of FC Pune City in action against Mumbai City FC. File photo

A striker always remains a striker is what David Trezeguet showed when he rolled back all those years with an opportunistic strike to help FC Pune City register their maiden win beating FC Goa by 2-0 in the Hero Indian Super League in Pune on Sunday.

It was an evening of World Cuppers as Trezeguet’s 81st minute strike was preceded by Greece World Cupper Kostas Katsouranis’ side volley in the 41st minute which gave the home team lead at the Balewadi Stadium here today.

For Goa and their high-profile manager Zico, things seemed to be getting from bad to worse as they have now lost three out of their four matches and are languishing at the bottom of the table. FC Pune City with this win moved upto fifth place in the table.

Far from his best at 37, Trezeguet didn’t do much during the entire duration of 90 minutes but when rival defender Gregory Arnolin tried a backpass for Goa custodian Laxmikant Kattimani, Trezeguet showed why he was able to score 138 goals for Juventus during his best days at Turin.

The Frenchman latched onto the ball and with Kattimani trying to narrow the angle immaculately placed it past the surging goalie to make it 2-0 much to the delight of team’s co-owner Hrithik Roshan, who cheered from the stands along with another young Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor.

The first goal for FC Pune came against the run of play as Katsouranis scored from the dead ball situation. Pune got a corner in the 41st minute.

The flag-kick was headed by the defender towards Daniele Magliocchetti, who put the ball back in the six-yard box.

Katsouranis carried a marker along with him before unleashing a powerful side volley, which marked the Greek World Cupper’s maiden ISL goal.

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