TEAM?HERALD
MARGAO: Curtorim Gymkhana thrashed Varca Sports club 4-0 to enter the quarter-finals of 28th Young Strikers Super Soccer inter-village tournament at St John Baptist ground, Dando-Benaulim. There was no score at half time.
Curtorim could have opened the scoring in the fifth minute itself but striker Richard Castanha who dribbled past the rival stoppers and rounded Varca goalkeeper Carmo Rebello but surprisingly shot wide. Curtorim midfielders Roy Albuquerque and Snako Dias kept up a steady flow of passes to the strikers. However, rival keeper Carmo pulled off some desperate saves to keep his slate clean till half time.
After resumption the floodgates opened quickly when Richard Castana got hold off a through pass of Snako on top of the box and fired a right-footer past Carmo to give Curtorim a deserving lead. Five minutes later, Curtorim striker James Fernandes doubled the lead from inside the box.
Curtorim were all over their rival territory and in the 51st minute, Varca goalkeeper Carmo charged out and cleared a dangerous through pass off defender Joao Fernandes but the ball fell nicely for Roy Albuquerque who applied his mind quickly and intelligently lobbed the ball from near the center line into the unguarded goal with Varca goalkeeper Carmo Rebello hopelessly out of position.
Curtorim drove the final nail into the rival coffin through Richard Castana.
