64th Santosh Trophy: Goa's Cavin Lobo Snatches Late Winner Against Karnataka Goa get the desired head-start by beating Karnataka with an injury-time strike...
By Anselm Noronha 29-Jul-2010 6:20:00 PM Goa screamed in a late arrival in the first Quarter-Finals of the ongoing 64th Santosh Trophy when substitute Cavin Lobo came in and completed the job, giving his team a winning start, on Thursday. The weather was in a good mood at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Salk Lake artificial turf ground, Kolkata. It drizzled a bit before the match. -It appeared as if both teams were studying each other before letting their game flow and it seemed the sides almost forgot that they have to score as well. The slow-paced match saw a stale first 45 minutes. The substitution of Cavin Lobo in place of Milagres Gonsalves set a new face to the match in the second half. Goa coach Mariano Dias was a pleased man with the result. While talking to Goal.com in the post match comments session, Dias seemed fairly content with the result. "The boys played well from the beginning. The first 20 minutes were very slow. The second half was fast. We had lots of opportunities to score. The ball even hit the pole once and bounced back but we won in the end. The first win is always important as it lifts the confidence of the boys," he said. Karnataka and Goa will have their next matches versus Services (3:30 pm start) and Punjab (6:00 pm start) respectively, at the YBK stadium in Kolkata on July 31. http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2290/santosh-trophy/2010/07/29/2047262/64th-santosh-trophy-goas-cavin-lobo-snatches-late-winner-against- * * * UK STOCKS EXHAUSTED! After a community-supported launch at Croydon, Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* is available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. Ask a friend to pick up a copy. Details of the book http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
