GOA PRO LEAGUE
Salgaocar FC down Panjim Footballers
Salgaocar Football Club trounced Panjim Footballers 4-0 in the GFA Goa
Professional League match, played at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, on Saturday.
The Green Brigade netted through Ronaldo Oliveira, Andrus John, Saurabh
Patil and Rollwin Almeida.
The winners now move on to 20 points from nine matches while Panjim
Footballers stay on four points from equal outings.
Salgaocar FC started the match on the front foot and scored their first
in the 19th minute when Andrus John played a cross in the box, which was
brilliantly met by Ronaldo Oliveira to open the account for the Greens.
In the 24th minute, Salgoacar FC doubled the account when Samuel Costa
played a defence breaking through pass to Andrus, and the lad’s low shot
had no answer from the rival keeper. Salgaocar FC led 2-0 at the break.
Crossing over, Salgaocar FC inflated their lead in the 50th minute
through Saurabh Patil before Rollwin Almeida netted the team’s fourth
when his shot deflected off a Panjim Footballer player before entering
the nets.
GFA U-14 League
SCC Loutolim beat UC Orlim
SCC Loutolim registered a fluent 2-0 win over United Club of Orlim in
the Goa Football Association U-14 League match played at Artificial Turf
ground, Fatorda, on Saturday.
The teams started the match on equal footings as they displayed end to
end football. With both teams giving their best in the first half,
neither sides were able to break the deadlock in the first half.
Crossing over, SCC Loutolim managed to draw the first blood in the 48th
minute Loyel Vaz. The goal lifted the spirit in the Loutolim camp as
they overpowered their opponents in the second session. Loutolim doubled
the account int he 63rd minute through Melroy Fernandes at the
hour-mark.
Fixture:
Goa Pro League: Vasco SC vs Goan Football Club, at Duler Stadium,
Mapusa, at 3.45 p.m.
