BELFORT'S GOAL GIVES KERALA FIRST-LEG ADVANTAGE OVER DELHI

12 Dec 2016

ISL Media Team

NEW DELHI: Kerala Blasters FC beat Delhi Dynamos FC 1-0 in the first leg of the second semi-final of Hero Indian Super League 2016 in front of almost 50,000 fans at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Sunday. Kervens Belfort scored the only goal of the game in the 65th minute to give the Blasters a goal advantage heading into the second leg in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The game got off to an electric start with both sides having chances of taking the lead inside the opening two minutes. Kean Lewis had the first shot of the game in the first minute when he took control of a loose ball near Kerala’s penalty area before forcing Sandip Nandy into conceding a corner. The hosts hit Delhi on the counter from the subsequent corner as Belfort set up CK Vineeth to finish beyond Antonio Doblas in goal. Vineeth’s shot, however, was off target and went into the side-netting.