UTORDA: Parish Youth, Nuvem defeated Curtorim Gymkhana, 4-1 to advance into the quarter-finals of the Lourdes festival All-Goa inter-village soccer in memory of late Polly Rodrigues organised by United Club of Utorda in association with SAG Panjim, at SAG ground, Utorda, on Thursday..
Parish Youth Nuvem put pressure right from the start and made several attacking attempts in the rival half.
In the 20th minute, Gammy Costa of Nuvem missed a golden opportunity as his shot hit the rival post and rebound into play again.
In the 22nd minute, Gammy’s efforts paid off as he netted the first with an arrow bond shot which rattled into Curtorim net to open the the tally for his side.
In the 25th minute, Nalister Silviera missed a golden opportunity to score for Curtorim but the rival keeper saved the ball brilliantly. Nuvem doubled their lead as Gammy Costa scored his second in the 27th minute for Parish Youth Nuvem.
Crossing over, Parish Youth Nuvem dominated the second half with Shubert Colaco increased the lead in the 50th minute.
Curtorim Gymkhana replied quickly with a goal in the same minute through Milagres Fernandes whose powerful shot over the goalkeeper reduced the margin. Standly D’Mello scored the fourth goal in the 60th minute.
