RAIA: Goa Velha SC came from behind to down strong challengers St Rock YC, Majorda, 3-2 to enter the semi-finals of Cavelossim Villagers UK Cup organised by Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim at Fr Druston and Wellington ground, Cavelossim, on Saturday. St Rock YC took an unexpected lead in the very fifth minute when Leny Vaz crossed the ball from the right flank to Irfan Lal but Goa Velha keeper Praveen Naik was a bit slow to collect the ball which was pounced by the attacker Irfan to give St Rock YC 1-0 lead.
Goa Velha came back with a vengeance and in a move from the right flank Franky crossed the ball to unmarked Bavesh Gauns to tap the ball in and restore parity. Bavesh completed his brace in the very next minute when the ball was fed by Joseph Rodrigues in the penalty area, dribbled past Edwan and Lysander Barreto to slot the ball past Nihal D’Costa under Majorda crossbar to give Goa Velha 2-1 lead.
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In the 40th minute, when Vikrant latched on to a pass by Arun Naik and dribbled past Loyd Dias to shoot the ball into the left top corner of St Rock YC for 3-1 lead. The match came alive when Anlon of St Rock YC scored a difficult goal when he side stepped two defenders and took a power-packed shot to make the score 2-3.
