ISL Media Team

NorthEast United FC beat FC Pune City 1-0 in front of almost 8,000 fans at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Balewadi, Pune on Wednesday. It was an action-packed Hero ISL 2016 encounter that saw two players being sent off. NorthEast’s Nirmal Chettri saw red in the 36th minute, while Pune’s Eduardo Ferreira was sent for an early shower 20 minutes from time. Emiliano Alfaro scored the only goal of the game in the 79th minute.

The hosts registered the first shot on target in the fifth minute through Jonatan Lucca, who forced Subrata Paul into a comfortable save from a direct free-kick. NorthEast’s Romaric then tried his luck from range eight minutes later but failed to test Edel Bete in Pune’s goal.

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