Yesterday Goan boys did Goa proud by beating lowly Macau 2-0 in their first international outing after 4 decades at the Macau Science University Stadium. Donald Rocha scored the brace in both halves.
Goa looked palid in the first 15 minutes but picked up pace and dominated midfield. The Goan defence looks to be solid with the central defenders doing a fantastic job thwarting the Macau attack. But one has to wait for today's game against Cabo Verde which might be tough going for the Goan lads as the recovery period is less than 24 hours. Our boys have shown good skill under the guidance of Portuguese coach Pedro Souza but lack the physical strength. Once could see weak crosses from both flanks which were easily dominated by the Macau defence. A big up for the Goan boys. On an other note although Goa won the match it was only 2 dozen Goans who knew that there were Goans playing. Lusofonia is about Goa, Damao and Diu because of the Portuguese presence in Goa for 450 years. But yesterday the score card and the calls made used the name india. Sources close to the organisers say that they were forced to use this name by the bharats another excuse was that they were sponsoered (64 lakhs) but the Bharat Olympic Committee. Where is the Goan identity? BC ___________________________________________________________ Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org