India, April 4 -- Less than one minute before Javi Hernandez's winner on Thursday, Jamshedpur FC had attempted a similar move, but the pass from Ritwik Das was too long for left-back Muhammed Uvais. Hernandez had started the move from near his own penalty area.

The Spaniard was slightly further up when Uvais found Das with a long ball in the 91st minute. With energy you wouldn't associate with someone who would be 36 in June and who had run nearly 9 km - the second-most distance covered across teams - Hernandez raced into the penalty area to meet Das's pass and scored with a first-time left-footer.

Cue, head coach Khalid Jamil breaking into a celebration run, the full house at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur erupting in joy an...