Team Herald
PANJIM: Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Margao, demolished Shree Damodar College of Commerce and Economic, Margao 5-2 in an exciting encounter in the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports football tournament played at Fr Agnel’s ground, Verna, on Tuesday.
The first strike came in the second minute when Reeve Costa found the net. They suffered their second setback two minutes from the break when Jovan beat the goalkeeper in the 43rd minute.
Eight minutes into the second half, Stephen Satarkar pulled one back for Damodar only to see Clive Miranda and Jason Martins send them reeling with successive strikes within a span of three minutes, the former beating the goalkeeper in the 61st minute.
Damodar made three quick changes after Jayson Lucas reduced the margin for them but the move proved fruitless after Mable Miranda hammered the final nail into their coffin in the 72nd minute.
In another match, Government College of Arts Science Commerce came up with an impressive performance to stun last year’s finalists Dempo College 3-0, at the Ganeshpuri sports complex ground, Mapusa.
Vaibhav Ratnakar Naik drew first blood for them in the 39th minute with a fine finish. Man-of-the-match Kunal Santosh Salgaonkar, and Abdul Kader Aga, pumped in goals in the 49th and 61st minutes respectively, to complete the rout.
Dravin Mandrekar of Government College, took an unnecessary yellow card in the dying minutes of the encounter.
In a senior boys clash, Romario Da Costa’s superlative hat-trick highlighted Vrdas Gauncar Higher Secondary School’s with a thumping victory over St Andrew HSS, Vasco da Gama, at the Fr Agnel’s ground, Verna.
St. Andrew’s looked in command and threatened to run away with the match when they struck twice to lead 2-1 at half-time.
However, Vrdas players regrouped and bounced back with determination and eventually broke through the St Andrew defence and struck five times to register a resounding win.
