MAPUSA, JAN 21
A solitary goal from Welington Fernandes was enough to give Dempo Sports Club Juniors victory as they defeated Vaddy Sports Club, Merces 1-0 at Dr Remigio Pinto ground, Taleigao on Friday. Dempo led 1-0 at the lemon break.
Vicky Shirodkar was booked for Vaddy at the end of the first half for a foul on Aaron Fernandes. In the second half, Dempo’s Bharat Thapa went into the referee’s book for a foul on Vaddy’s Milton Negredo.
Dempo shifted defenders into midfield and midfielders into attack to try and open up their opponents. Although he did not score, Jorex Fernandes was particularly impressive with his movements in the forward line for Dempo.
Vaddy had a greater number of goal attempts in the first half and should have been ahead, but there was still an inability to turn that superiority into goals. In the second half, their attack started to fade.
Young Welington Fernandes put Dempo on their way in the fourth minute, with a low shot that took the goalkeeper by surprise as it crept into the right hand post.
In the 20th minute, Vaddy’s Francis Fernandes crossed from the right, but Ramesh Priolkar failed to find the target with a header from close range.
A moment later, Mahesh Naik attempted to head ball goal bound from a corner, but the ball simply had no power and was easily gathered by the keeper.
In yet another aerial attack, Francis headed towards Amol Vernelkar and he could not quite connect his head to the ball from a few yards out.
Before the breather, Jorex neatly turned away from his marker and shot, but the Vaddy goalkeeper managed to make a save.
In the second half, Vaddy used up their three substitutes, replacing a defender, midfielder and attacker in quick succession, but could still not find the breakthrough.
In the end, Dempo held on to collect the three points.
Dempo move on to six points from three matches, while Vaddy stay on three points from two matches.
