ISL: Pune City 1-0 NorthEast United - Five Talking Points
FC Pune City pulled off a late winner to edge past NorthEast United FC in the 20th match of the Hero Indian Super League. Both teams had equal opportunities, Pune being more dominant in attack. Franco Colomba’s decision of replacing David Trezeguet with Dudu Omagbemi proved vital as the Nigerian’s long ranger helped another substitute John Goossens score the all-important goal in the 88th minute. NorthEast United FC remained third in the table after yesterday’s defeat while FC Pune City moved up to fourth with 7 points from 5 games.Here are the talking points from the game:
#5 Franco Colomba\'s sending off in injury time
FC Pune City manager Franco Colomba was sent off by referee Santosh Kumar in the dying moments of the game last night. During the five minutes added on, NorthEast won a throw-in but Colomba took the ball and denied Milan Singh to take a quick throw, thus trying to steal some precious seconds.
Milan had an altercation with the Italian coach and the latter even tried to slap the NorthEast midfielder. Santosh Kumar handled the situation well and gave Colomba his marching orders.
Colomba thus became the first coach in the Hero Indian Super League to be sent off during a match.