Pope John stamped their authority early in the game and kept their opponents on their toes throughout the match and surged ahead in the 30th minute when Perryton Rebello was tripped behind by rival defender Tipana inside the penalty area and Leslie Rebello send the rival goalkeeper in wrong way in the resultant spot-kick.
Post resumption, Pope John doubled the lead when inform Sweeden Fernandes nicely connected Joel Baretto’s free-kick in style.
Velroy Carvalho nicely headed home off well executed chip from Sweeden Ferandes to troop out worthy winners. Pope John goalkeeper Churchill Carvalho had a field day as he was rarely tasted by the rival team.
GFA South Goa Vice-president Schubert Furtado; Welvin Menezes, chairman of GFA Youth Development; GFA members Anthony Pango, Jaju Fernandes, Arnaldo Costa, Anthony Leo Fernandes and John Silva were present.
