#5 Kerala’s Haitian hitmen
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Kervens Belfort and Duckens Nazon were easily Kerala’s best attacking players. Nazon made more of an impact in the first half than Belfort did. He had huge claims for a penalty denied when Ruben Rocha’s tackle brought him to the ground, but the referee did not give him anything.
Moments after that, a lovely cross from Mehtab found Nazon, but his header just narrowly missed the post with Doblas well beaten. Straight after that, Belfort put the ball in the back of the net, but his goal was disallowed.
But when the moment did arrive, Belfort was the man for Kerala. He picked the ball up on the halfway line and drove towards the Delhi goal, when he was confronted by Rocha. A body feint and a stepover later, Rocha was skinned and the Haitian got a shot away on goal. Anas did his best to cover, but the ball struck his boot and trickled past Doblas to send Kochi into a mad frenzy.
Kerala will not change their approach for the second leg, and once again in three days time, the two big Haitians will be immensely important for Steve Coppell’s plans.
