Old Goa, Siolim share points By Khaleejtimes Sports Reporter DUBAI Winless SFX Old Goa picked up a valuable point as they played a thrilling 1-1 draw F.C. Siolim in the last Group B match of the third All Goa Inter-village Invitation Football Tournament at the Iranian Club Stadium here yesterday.
Mario Gaunkar knocked in a rebound to put Siolim in front nine minutes into the first-half. After the break, Joe Coelho handled the ball in the box and Old Goa were awarded the penalty. Joseph converted to put his side on level terms. Siolim gathered four points after their last group match while the once mighty Old Goa collected only two points from five matches. They are lying at the bottom of the standings in the group. Aldona United topped the group with 11 points followed by CAC Cansaulim (9pts), And the teams that have made it from Group A to the quarter-finals are Vanxim Divar (15pts), FR. Angel Pilar (8pts), St. Anthonys Pernem (6pts) and Colva Jebel Ali Hotel (6pts). Old Goa, meanwhile, were on the defensive for the most part of the first-half in the match against Siolim. Josiah Fernandes hit the post after a fine work from Old Goas goal area. The second-half was fairly balanced as both sides created openings in each others half. Joseph of Old Goa saw his effort went wide following a brilliant piece of work on the left while Constancio Nunes was also thwarted by the defence from the right. Siolims Francis Fernandes, who spearheaded most of his sides attacks, was denied by Old Goas keeper Inacio Cardozo. Old Goas Constancio Nunes was voted man-of-the-match. In the second match of the day, Al Zuari held Colva Jebel Ali Hotel to a goalless draw. The tournament, organised by All Star Entertainment in association with United Goans, is co-sponsored by Carl Stahl Lifting Equipment with Precision Machineries LLC, Wood Group Engineering Services and MDC as support sponsors. The co-support sponsors are Vanxim Divar, Gulf Ocean Lights LLC, Refrigeration Equipment Enterprises, Emirates Flight Catering, Accurate Engineering Workshop and Armour Auto Rustproofing, Air Lanka and Jet Airways. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org