kochi iain hume had become the darling of football fans in kerala with his plucky display for kerala blasters in isl schedule results points table on tuesday he made the most telling contribution of his threemonth association with blasters by scoring the allimportant goal for the kerala side against fc pune city at the jawaharlal nehru international stadium to seal his teams spot in the semifinals of the league the win ensures that three teams have qualified besides kerala goa and chennai had already booked their berths but what was equally important as iain hume strike for blasters was the performance of goalkeeper sandip nandy the 31yearold who got an opportunity to don the gloves only because their marqueeplayercummanger david james is out injured was outstanding under the bar as he kept marauding fc pune city strikers at bay with brilliant saves under the bar the match had assumed the proportions of a virtual knockout after chennaiyin fc and delhi dynamos had played out a 22 draw in chennai the equation was simple the winner sealing their spot in the semifinal while the loser went out almost against the run of play that blasters took the lead hume was fouled just outside the box by fc punes mady panandetiguiri just outside the box and the referee awarded a freekick to the kerala side the canadian himself stepped up to take the kick and he curled the ball around his rivals defensive wall and it nestled into the net beating arindam bhattacharya in goal the canadian internationals fourth goal of the tournament sent the home fans into raptures pune pushed men forward in a desperate attempt to find the equalizing goal in the final 20 minutes of the game while blasters pushed men back and on occasions where blasters back four was breached nandy was on hand in blasters goal to avert the danger