PANJIM: Assonora United Football Club won seven-goal thriller beating Vagator Parish Youth Sports Club 4-3 in the Goa Football Association Second Division League match played at Sirsaim ground, on Saturday.
It was Vagator Parish who took the lead in the 37th minute through Shubham Gaonkar but their joys were short-lived at Assonora leveled
terms just before the breather through Prajot Arabekar. The teams were tied 1-1 at the break.
After resumption, Assonora United took the lead at the hour mark through Vishnu Parwar but Vagator were right at their back and knocked at the rival citadel with constant attacks. They final restored parity in the 78th minute though Anford Fernandes. The final 10 minutes of the play saw plenty of drama and goals too. Dikshay Sarap gave a deserving lead to Assonora United with just six minutes to go and in next two minutes Assonora took the match beyond Vagator’s reach as Sairaj Halarnkar scored in the fourth in the 86th minute.
Vagator scored in the 90+1 minute as Dyaneshwar Pednekar scored off a solo effort. Assonora United won 4-3.
