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RAIA: Parish Youth Nuvem edged past Chandor Club via tie-breaker 7-6 to enter the quarter-finals of 3rd Cavelossim Villagers UK Cup 2025 football tournament organised by Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim at Fr Druston and Wellington ground, Cavelossim, on Monday.
In a well-balanced match, both teams played an attacking football in which Rivaldo and Alreach Peixote of Chandor Club excelled on the left flank but stopper back Darwin Colaco and Jaywin Costa of Parish Youth Nuvem did not give them any space to have a clear shot at the goal.
Both teams failed to score at the lemon time.
In the 60th minute, Chandor Club got a free-kick way out of the penalty area, which was quickly taken by Moses D’Sa, floating the ball at the feet of Alreach Peixote, who shot into the goal from a close range to give Chandor Club 1-0 lead.
However, in the very next minute, PY Nuvem were awarded a spot kick which was well converted by Alvito Dias to equal the score 1-1 at the end of regulation time. In the resultant tie-breaker Leroy, Shenoy, Darwin, Francis, Frazer, Cedar and Alvito Dias were on target for Parish Youth Nuvem, while for Chandor Brivon, Ashwell, Moises, Akram, Velroy and Alreach scored but Rivaldo Cardozo’s shot was saved by goalkeeper Presley to take PY Nuvem into the quarter-finals 7-6.
Hipolito Fernandes, veteran Committee member of the club gave the Food Court Man-of-the-Match award to Velroy Cardozo of Chandor Club.