MARGAO, SEPT 10
Parish Youth, Nuvem defeated Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club 1-0 to move into the quarter-finals of 29th Gold Silver Rolling trophy inter-village football tournament organised by Navelim Sporting Club at Rosary ground, Navelim on Friday. There was no score at half time.
Both Parish Youth and Sao Jose displayed attacking football with both teams’ strikers testing the goalkeepers with well measured sorties but the keepers were hard to beat under the bar.
Parish Youth nearly broke the deadlock midway in the opening session, but Albino Pereira was the culprit as he spurned the easiest chance with only the rival goalkeeper at his mercy as he shot wide from five yards.
At the other end, Sao Jose came close in surging ahead but Marian Mascarenhas shot wide from hand-shaking distance. Crossing over, Parish Youth put up an improved display and went all out in search of the match-winner and found success soon after resumption, when Neves Noronha bulged the net after he received a pass from his colleague from the top of the box.
Stung by the setback, Sao Jose made valiant attempts and went out in search of an equalizer but the rival rearguard was too strong and did not allow their rival attackers any space to penetrate inside the rival territory.
