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Its Divar vs Benaulim
By A Correspondent / Khaleej Times
1 November 2005
DUBAI Theres going to be a mouth-watering contest this Friday. It will also be an extremely competitive affair when Vanxim Divar take on ABC Benaulim. At stake is the magnificent Ligorio Silveira rolling trophy.
But more than that, the fixture is to find out which village from that former Portuguese colony can strut around for a year as the second All-Goa inter-village football champions.
And theres something on Friday, November 4, for the spectators too. During the semifinals at the Iranian stadium the organisers, All Star Entertainment and United Goans, dished out a home theatre system, DVD players, VCD/CD/MP3 players and a Jet Airways gift hamper to spectators through raffle draws. The organisers are now trumpeting that there will be even bigger prizes during the Finals.
Last Friday Vanxim Divar showed why they are the defending champions as they humbled Fr Agnel Pilar EKFC 3-1 in an exciting and highly entertaining encounter.
Although the Pilar defence of Manuel, Neves and Nelson kept the marauding Vanxim Divar attackers at bay in the early stages, they couldnt hold out for long. Noel broke through the barrier in the 12th minute and scored after a brilliant pass from Russell Rodrigues.
Thomas, Andre and Rexon of Pilar then kept the Divar defence on their toes with repeated attacks. In the confusion there was a self goal by Russell J Rod in the 25th minute for Vanxim Divar and this brought thunderous applause and cheers from the Pilar supporters.
Second half produced more excellent football. The 12th minute, yet again, saw Divar take the lead. It was Russell Rodrigues, with his speedy footwork and sudden burst of speed, who shocked the Pilar defence as he found the back of the net with a well-targeted shot.
Instead of giving up, the Fr Agnel Pilar squad got even more pumped up. Yet for all their efforts, they just couldnt find the net. Randall Pereira, after many unsuccessful tries, finally found the net during injury time to put Vanxim Divar into the final by sealing off the score 3-1.
Fr Agnel Pilar Emirates Flight Catering had some consolation when Andrew Moniz was adjudged Man of the Match and received his trophy from Benjamin Rodrigues of the organising committee.
Earlier on Friday Raia edged past Aldona United 1-0 to enter the final of the plate competition. A hard tackle by Baptist Coutinho of Aldona on Santan Oliveira saw referee Mohammed Hussain award a penalty kick to Raia. Franky Gomes slotted the ball home cooly from the spot to take Raia to the plate final. Lester Pereira of Raia was named Man of the Match and the trophy was presented by Trevor Mascarenhas of Emirates.
But Raias run came to an end in the final on Saturday when they lost to AVC Clipsal 3-2 via the tiebreaker after a goal less full time. Both teams were awarded trophies and medals. Benit DSouza of AVC was adjudged Man of the Match and he got his trophy from Nelson Silveira.
Later on Saturday, ABC Benaulim downed SFX Old Goa 2-0 in a rough affair to set up a date with Vanxim Divar. It looked like national flag day as the referee flashed yellow and red cards left, right and centre.
Strikers from both sides seemed to have left their scoring shoes behind at home. In the second half Idal Fernandes put Benaulim in front off a through pass from Roy Das.
He then sealed their victory with another opportunistic but mesmerising goal. Old Goas retaliated so badly in frustration that Rickson Fernandes was given his marching orders by referee Mohammed Hussain for his horrendous tackle on Roy Das.
Reagan also made his way to the bench after picking up two yellow cards and Old Goa finished a frustrating evening with just nine men on the pitch.
The Goan tournament is sponsored by Vanxim Divar, Woodgroup Engineering Services, Modern Design Contracting Company and backed up by Refrigerate Equipment Enterprises, Gulf Ocean Lights, Al Rubaiya Construction and Building Materials and Emirates Flight Catering. Jet Airways, IBV Mybarid-International Business Ventures and Mr. Baker are also involved.
Courtesy: Khaleej Times
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