GFA SECOND DIV LEAGUE
St Anthony Marna win eight-goal thriller;
Sinquerim SC deny Assonora United full points
St Anthony Sports Club Marna beat Saligao Sporting 5-3 in a thrilling
encounter in the Goa Football Association Second Division League match
played at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, on Thursday.
The winners led 2-0 at the break as Videsh Sawant and Vasudev Agerwadekr
struck a goal each at the half hour mark respectively to go up by two
goals within a span of five minutes.
Crossing over, St Anthony inflated their tally at the hour mark this
time through Vipul Pednekar and soon scored team’s fourth goal in the
71st minute through Sangam Pednekar. Once up by 4-0 Marna team played
defensive game and were punished in the in the 73rd minute as Chandan
Govekar pulled a goal back for Saligao Sporting. Saligao gave a good
fight and scored two more goals in the game as Chandan completed his
hat-trick netting in the 82nd and 86th minutes of the play to reduce the
deficit by one goal. Saligao Sporting pressed in search of the
equalising goal but Kashiram Pomburpekar broke their hearts as he netted
for Marna team to increase the lead back to two goals. St Anthony Marna
won 5-3.
In another match played at Sirsaim ground, Sinquerim Sports Club twice
came from behind to hold Assonora United Football Club.
There was no score at the break. Assonora took the lead in the 64th
minute through Sairaj Halarnkar and Sinquerim soon equalised through
Pratik Tirodkar. Sairaj once again gave his side the lead in the 87th
minute only to see his effort cancelled out by Salil Parwar in the
second half injury time.
GFA U-16 LEAGUE
Sporting Clube down SAI Training centre
A dominating second half performance by Sporting Clube de Goa helped
them register a 3-1 win over Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training
Centre in the Goa Football Association U-16 League match played at Don
Bosco ground, Panjim.
The young Flaming Oranje took the lead in the second minute when Rio
Fernandes curled his free-kick over the wall, which had no answer from
the rival keeper.
Sporting enjoyed better ball possession and attacked their opponents
using the width as Rio continuously played crosses in the box but much
to his dismay, his teams strikers either shot wide or couldn’t keep
their composure.
SAI Training Centre relied on the counter attacks and finally netted the
leveller when Yash Kapse kept his composure as he dribbled past couple
of Sporting defenders and also the keeper before coolly placing the ball
in the far right corner, 1-1. The teams were tied 1-1 at the break.
Crossing over, SAI’s Siddesh Mandage was sent off following his second
yellow early in the second half. Having numerical advantage, Sporting
Clube netted two more goals through Brenan Rodrigues and Nash Camilo.
GFA U-14
Big win for Dempo SC
In the GFA U-14 League match at Ella ground, Dempo SC ran riot over
Ponda Footballers registering a massive 21-0 win.
Leethan Silvera netted a double hat-trick while Hansek Oliveira scored
five. Varun and Topon Milig scored a treble each. Naythan Coutinho also
got on the score sheet with a brace while Asman Viegas and Aryan Pai
scored the other for the winning side. The winners led 12-0 at the
break.
GFA THIRD DIVISION LEAGUE
FC Mardol ease past Ronit SC
Football Club Mardol secured a fluent 2-0 win over Ronit SC in the Goa
Football Association Third Division League match played at Taleigao
ground, on Thursday.
The winners scored a goal in the either half of the play.
Despite starting the match on equal footings, Mardol were the first to
score in the 25th minute through Clatus Gudinho. Ronit SC tried to score
but their attacked failed to match the strong rival defence.
In the second half, Mardol played long balls giving no chance for Ronit
to settle in the game. In the final 10 minutes of the game, when Ronit
SC tried to net the equalising goal, Bindulkar Chaudhary scored against
the run of play thus making the issues safe for Mardol and pocketed
three points.
Pic caption: GFA U-16 LEAGUE Sporting Clube and SAI Training Centre
players in action at Don Bosco ground, Panjim
GFA Third Div League Ronit SC and FC Mardol players fight for the ball
at Taleigao ground.
TODAY’S FIXTURES 04.01.2019
GFA SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE (BARDEZ): Vagator Parish YSC v/s Pilerne
SC,Poriat ground, Calangute, 3.45.pm;
* Cunchelim SC v/s Holy Cross SC, Arambol, Duler Stadium, Mapusa,
3.45.pm.
THIRD DIVISION LEAGUE (ILHAS): Aivao United FC and Aivao Youth Club,
Taleigao ground, 3.45.pm.
