MAPUSA: Dempo Juniors drubbed St. Anthony’s SC Marna 5-0 in the opening match of the 18th Edition Goa Police Cup organised by Goa Police Sports Cell at Duler stadium, here, on Monday.
The scoring was done in the second half.
The match began on a rousing note when, in the first minute, Pushparaj’s strike from outside the penalty box was brilliantly blocked by Dempo goalkeeper Myrick Hilario at the expense of a corner.
At the other end, Marna goalkeeper Salil was equal to the task as he managed to push the ball out for a corner after diving full stretch to deny Jimmy Colaco from scoring off a free-kick.
The match was then restricted to the midfield during which Marna received a jolt in the 40th minute with the sending off their stopper Kashiram Pomburphekar for pulling the jersey of Dempo’s Sheldon Fernandes on his way in scoring the goal.
Just two minutes into the second half, Dempo broke the deadlock with Sheldon Fernandes guiding the ball into goal off Jimmy Colaco’s cross.
Dempo swelled the lead in the 61st minute when Sairon Albuquerque beat the offside trap and scored.
The Blues quickly went to 3-0 with their captain beating the Marna goalkeeper with a neat placement.
As the match progressed, Dempo pumped in two more goals through Man-of-the-match Sheldon Fernandes and Jimmy Colaco.
At the interval, former Goa Police player Tony Camra, Allan D’Sa, Ex-SP, Anthony Monserrate-Ex- Dy. SP-Sports were felicitated by Chief Guest, Sports Minister Govind Gaude in the presence of Jaspal Singh IPS-DGP Goa and Bosco George IPS-Sports.
