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DUBAI: Loutolim became the first team to qualify for
the quarter-finals of the Pehla Cup first All Goa
Inter-village football tournament, organised by All
Star Entertainment in association with United Goans at
Irani Club Dubai. Loutolim defeated ABC Benaulim 1-0
to register their second win after having beaten
Morjim 3-1 on Saturday. Earlier in the first match,
former Goa goalkeeper Casmiro Palha saved the day for
Chinchinim who held Vanxim-Divar to a goalless draw.
Palha showed his reflexes with his neat and timely
collections and rightly deserved the man of the match
award for his brilliant goalkeeping. The award,
however, went to Jean Fernandes of Chinchinim. After
the match the former Goa goalkeeper and Dempo's coach,
was humble enough to admit that promising players must
be encouraged. "It is the youngsters who deserve the
award," said Palha, who was instrumental in
Chinchinim's second draw. Palha's judgement was
faultless, and his interceptions timely. He
neutralised all the missiles fired by Vanxim-Divar
forwards. Once he dived to his left to parry a stiff
grounder from Russel Rodrigues and later blocked a
power-packed volley of Randall Pereira from close
range. Vanxim-Divar's Anthony Fernandes earned the
yellow. Franky Baretto, Anthony Travasso and Lyndon
D'Souza played well for Chinchinim, while Russel, Noel
and Ashok Satardekar excelled for Vanxim-Diwar.
Chinchinim now need to win their last match against
Santo Estevam on Nov. 1 to keep any hopes of
advancing. With both teams looking for an outright win
to assure of a quarter-final berth, ABC Benaulim and
Loutolim made a cautious approach in the first session
during the second match. Benaulim dominated the
proceedings most of the time, literally camping in the
Loutolim area in the second session. However, it was
Loutolim who carried the day. Julius Noronha, who
frittered away chances in the first half, made amends
for Loutolim scoring the match winner directly from a
flag-kick in the 40th minute. The league matches are
of 40-minute duration with a break of 10 minutes.
Benaulim's playmaker in the midfield Orlando Viegas
limped out after a muscle pull, but was earlier
cautioned for a foul on Loutolim captain Renato. The
16-team tournament, sponsored by Pehla and Citizen, is
also supported by UAE Xchange Abu Dhabi, Emirates
Flight Catering, Jet Airways, Oasis Pure Drinking
Water, Gulf Ocean, Refrigerate Equipment, Al Rubaiya,
Vanxim-Divar, Clipsal and Otis.Lawrie Gonsalves was
named the man of the second match and received a
Citizen watch from former Vasco & Maharashtra Junior
captain Benny D'Costa. Wednesday's matches: Fischer
St. Estevam vs Siolim United at 3.30 pm; St Anthony
Pernem vs Morjim at 4.30 pm at Irani Club Dubai
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