Panaji: Yogendra Thapa scored four goals to help Espanyol FC thrash Kings 5, 7-4 in the Futsal Championship, organised by the Futsal Association of Goa at the Don Bosco Oratory, on Tuesday.
While La Masia defeated Holy Spirit Boys 10-2, Varca Warriors trounced Vailankanni Boys 5-3 at Verna.
Espanyol FC began the play on an impressive note as they dictated pace from the middle and soon broke the deadlock as talented Yogendra scored with a powerful shot. In the 5th minute Yogendra sent home the ball yet again to secure his brace.
A minute later just when team Kings 5 were piling pressure in hunt of getting back into the game, Kreston made it 3-0 for Espanyol with a splendid curling shot from distance that gave no chance to rival keeper Chitra. Just before the break, Espanyol inflated the lead of a counter-attack with Neon bursting the net from a close range, 4-0.
Crossing over, Kings 5 started with possession play and dominating in the midfield. Few minutes later, Yogesh opened the score for Kings 5. In the 23rd minute, Yogendra completed his hat-trick to make it 5-1. However, in the very next minute, Kings 5 managed to pull back one more goal through Fredson. In the 25th minute, Fredson scored yet another goal to make the score tally 5-3. In the next minute Yogesh sent home the ball to make it, 5-4. In the 27th minute Kreston made it 6-4 in favour of Espanyol FC. The very next minute saw another goal from Yogendra, 7-4. The player -of- the-match was awarded to Espanyol FC’s Yogendra Thapa.
At Fr Agnel Ashram court, Varca Warriors proved superior over their rivals Vailankanni Boys.
Varca Warriors opened account with Jhonus D’Costa beating keeper Lokesh with a rasping shot from close range to take the crucial lead.
Vailankanni Boys clawed back with their star player Malcon dribbling through the defence and slamming home to restore parity. The Vailankanni Boys grew in confidence as the match progressed and drilled another goal off the boots of Haziliti Fernandes. The Varca Warriors keeper was put to test on a couple of occasions. Kishan Borkar managed to tap in the ball from close range to put his name on the score sheet of Vailankanni Boys. At half time Vailankanni Boys led 3-1.
In the second half it was a bit tactical with both teams moving the ball around in search of an opening. Jhonus found a way back in the game when Jhonus scored into an empty net as Vailankanni Boys goalkeeper Lokesh was completely beaten.
The Varca Warriors were on fire and Jhonus completed his hat-trick to tie the score. In a quick counter attack, Brendon Fernandes beat the Vailankanni defenders and slammed the ball into the nets to make it 4-3. Varca Boys looked unstoppable with Brendon Fernandes increasing the lead to make a comfortable 5-3 win at full time.
La Masia and company started where they left yesterday attacking at every opportunity they got. Holy Spirit Boys hit the post twice but were unable to convert. La Masia wreaked havoc on Holy Spirit Boys and scored a early goals in the first half. Holy Spirit Boys had absolutely no reply as they were swept away completely by La Masia.
Joshua Vaz finished it off with a clean tap into the net to end the game at 10-2 in favour of for La Masia.
