cuncolim union trophy
MARGAO, MAY 18
Union of Chinchinim Villagers recorded a 4-1 tie-breaker win over Nerul Sports Club to storm in the semi-finals of 2nd All-Goa Cuncolim Union trophy inter-village football tournament organised by Cuncolim Union at school ground, Cuncolim, on Tuesday. Chinchinim were trailing 0-1 at half time.
The match was well contested as the teams went on the offensive from the out set.
Nerul finally found the net when Jenifier Clemente punished the Chinchinim goalkeeper with a rasping shot off Clyde Dias in the 5th minute.
Nerul were stopped from doubling the lead when Saresh Dabolkar’s smart header hit the crossbar off a well measured chip from Clyde Dias.
Chinchinim were denied a goal when striker Shridhar Dable’s swerving shot beat the Nerul goalkeeper but came off the horizontal bar midway in the opening session.
Again Chinchinim nearly found the equalizer but veteran Jeetendra Bhise was the culprit as he muffed an open sitter at the stroke of lemon break.
Changing over, Nerul nearly doubled the lead but Abhijit Govekar’s smart header missed the mark narrowly off Clyde.
Noel Leitao brought Chinchinim back into the match by unleashing a shot which crashed into the net keeping the Nerul goalkeeper napping off Jeetendra Bhise.
With the teams levelled at 1-1 till the end of the regulation period, the tie-breaker system was enforced to decide the winners. Noel Leitao, Jeetendra Bhise and Domnic Rebello were on target for Chinchinim while Nerul could not covert any penalties.
