ZUARI HOLD ST MARYS : EXPAT SOCCER Zuari Football Club held young St Marys Boys to a two all draw in an exciting game of the first UAE Indian Expat Football League played at the Dubai Club for Special Sports.
The League organized by Gulf International Promotions has reached the last stages before teams play in the knock out rounds. Top eight teams will play in the main event while the bottom eight teams will play in the plate event. The league is sponsored by Gulf Eternit Industries and co-sponsored by Pehla, Firstnet, Al Awael, Lipton, Nike, Sun & Sand Sports, Al Rawabi, Masafi, and Tiffany. Zuari F C led by Savio Cardozo played a spirited game to hold a high flying St Marys Boys to a two all draw. Zuari took a shock lead through striker Oswald Fernandes but Roy Das scored a gem of a goal for St Marys to change ends at one all. On resumption St Marys took the lead through Keegan D'Costa only to see Avlon Dalgado score a well deserved equalizer for Zuari. Zuari are in eleventh position while St Marys are in fifth place. Both teams have one game remaining in the league round. Desert Cubs put up a spirited display before going down to Phoenix Loutolim by one goal to two. Mejo Jose opened the scoring for Loutolim but Mammen George equalized. Moses D'Silva scored the all important goal for Loutolim to take them into twelfth position. Desert Cubs remain in fourteenth place. SFX Old Goa did not turn up for their game against Varca FC who collected all three points. In an exciting game between two old rivals Vaxim Divar managed to get the better of Siolim United by one goal to nil. Both teams had equal exchanges but Randel Pereira ensured Divar took all three points with a well taken goal. Siolim slipped into fourth position while Divar languish in ninth place. In a day full of drawn games, fifteenth placed Dragon All Starz gave a good account of themselves holding St Anthony in thirteenth position to a goalless draw. Sunil Chandran and Abdul Rasheed played well for Dragons while Sandy Fernandes and Jude D'Souza played their part for St Anthony. Eighth placed Dubai Republicans led by Gordon D'Silva played their hearts out to hold a strong Almoe team to a goalless draw. Savio Buthelo and Suresh Pereira gave their best for Almoe but could not convert their determination into goals. Almoe are in sixth position with one game left in the league. Seventh placed Cansaulim pulled out all stops to hold a strong Vaxim Divar to another goalless draw. Benit D'Souza, Prashant Morajkar and Remedious Furtado put up a spirited performance to hold the Divar team led by Randel Pereira. In a tense game Copy Corner Sporting just managed to scrape a 2-1 victory over a spirited Zuari team. Anwer Ali opened the scoring for Copy corner and Mohammed Kareem consolidated the lead a few minutes later. Never say die Zuari fought back and were rewarded when a penalty was awarded for an infringement in the goal area. Hardworking Lynton D'Souza made no mistake from the spot. Zuari lads tried their best to find the equalizer but Copy Corner held on to take all three points. Copy Corner have completed their games and are on twenty seven points. St Marys Boys put up a much better display in their second game defeating a determined Emirates Flight catering team by two goals to one. Striker Roy Das opened the scoring for St Marys in the fifth minute with a solo goal. Sebyton Colaco put Emirates Flight Catering on level terms in the tenth minute . Both teams went in search of the winner in the second half and persistence paid off for St Marys when vice captain Keegan D'Costa scored the winner . Zyco Dubai lying in third position could not find space In their game against Cansaulim and had to settle for their seventh draw in the league. Cansaulim who slipped to seventh position in the table with two games in hand did well against the Zyco team who tried their best to penetrate the Cansaulim defence led by Travolta Morais and Michael Fernandes. Phonix Loutolim were in top form against hard playing Copy Corner and secured a well deserved one all draw. Mohammed Kareem opened the scoring for the Copy Corner team and the teams changed ends with a one nil lead. The second half was a different story with the Loutolim team having maximum possession and were duly rewarded when Moses D'silva found the net with a well taken goal to split the points and earn a well deserved draw. In the last game of the night Varca FC swamped a helpless Desert Cubs by four goals to nil. Although Desert Cubs did put up a spirited display but they could not contain the speedy Varca forwards. Shane Thomas opened the scoring with Clifford D'Costa adding another one just before half time. On resumption Sean Fernandes finished off a good pass from Steven Gurung and Shane Thomas put the final touches with a well taken goal in the last minute. Varca climb to second position in the table with a better goal difference. Copy Corner are on twenty seven points having completed their games while Varca, Zyco, Siolim United, St Marys and Almoe are all on twenty five points with games in hand. Cansaulim, Dubai republicans and Vaxim Divar are on twenty four points with two games each in hand. The last games of the league round will be held on 27 May at the Dubai Club for Special Sports with the Quarter finals, Semi Finals and Finals scheduled for 2 June at the Iranian Club Stadium. Games on 27 May: DUBAI REPUBLICAN vs PHOENIX LOUTOLIM EMIRATES FLIGHT CATERING VS ST ANTHONY ALMOE VS ZYCO DUBAI CANSAULIM VS PHOENIX LOUTOLIM SFX OLD GOA VS ST ANTHONY CANSAULIM VS EMIRATES FLIGHT CATERING SIOLIM UNITED VS VARCA FC DESERT CUBS VS VAXIM DIVAR DRAGON ALL STARZ VS ST MARYS SIOLIM UNITED VS ZUARI DRAGON ALL STARZ VS VAXIM DIVAR DUBAI REPUBLICANS VS ZYCO DUBAI _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)