By Khaleejtimes Sports Reporter DUBAI A penalty conversion in the second-half earned Group B leaders CAC Cansaulim a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Aldona United in the third All Goa Inter-village Invitation Football Tournament at the Iranian Club Stadium here yesterday.
In the second match of the day, Russell Rodrigues strike in the 11th minute of the first-half gave defending champions and Group A leaders Vanxim Divar a 1-0 victory over St. Anthonys Pernem. Ashok Satardekar of Divar was voted man-of-the-match. The win raised Divars points tally to 15. FR Agnel Pilar are in second with seven points and Colva Jebel Ali are in third place with four points from three matches. Godfrey Fernandes finished off a superb move by Andrew Dias to give Aldona United the lead in the 11th minute of the first-half against Cansaulim. Both sides had some scoring chances after that, but could not convert them into goals. Aldona United made a series of inroads into their opponents half after the break. Johnny Dias, Godfrey Fernandes and Andrew Dias put tremendous pressure on Cansaulims defenders during the early minutes of the second half. They were duly rewarded five minutes into the session as Lucas Fernandes fouled an attacker in the area. Jonathan DSouza made no mistake from the spot to put Aldona United on level. Inspired by the equaliser, Aldona United gained more control, but were kept at bay by the opposing defence. Aldona United, who also created a couple of chances, failed to find the target. Lawrie Gonsalves, the Aldona United keeper, however, was kept busy for a spell as Cansaulim put the pressure. Remedios Furtado and Simon Andrade also went close for Cansaulim in the closing stages of the match. Cruz Dias of Cansaulim was named man-of-the-match. 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. Todays matches: 4pm: SFX Old Goa v Morjim; 5pm FR. Agnel Pilar EKFC v Colva Jebel Ali Hotel. __________________________________________________ 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