Team Herald
RAIA: Calangute Association got the better of St Jose de Areal 1-0 to move into the quarter-finals of the 46th Custodio Memorial football tournament, organised by Raia Sporting, played at Raia Panchayat ground, on Friday.
Both teams dominated the first ten minutes of the match. The first chance of the match fell to Aniket Mandrekar, the striker of Calangute Association took control of the ball from Charles Cardozo dribbled Rayman Fernandes and Franky Valadres of St Jose de Areal and shot from close range but Joseph Monteiro keeper of Areal was equal to the task in the 4th minute.
This time Calangute Association through Ashley Lobo should have scored but the latter shot wide.
The set piece worked out by Samir Chodankar and Sarvanand Korgaokar failed to make any impact as Sarvanand shot failed to pop into Calangute nets.
Runal Shirodkar after dribbling a couple of Areal defenders shot from a distance to score the only goal of the match in the 54th minute.
Calangute Association will meet the winners of SC Davorlim and Cortalim Villagers in the quarter-finals on July 15.
