CHANDOR: Rossman Cruz SC Nagoa, Verna got the better of favourites Dicarpale Spots Club 2-1 to lift the 15th All Goa Guirdolim Panchayat Cup, organized by Guirdolim Club, at Chandor Church ground, recently.
In a fast paced match witnessed by a huge gathering, Dicarpale SC dominated proceedings right from the word go and could have taken the lead in the fifth minute itself but Mack Borges blasted wide from touching distance.
Rossman slowly found their footing and in the eighth minute a long range effort by Myron Fernandes was thwarted by an alert Dicarpale SC goalkeeper Avin Vales.
On the counter attack in the 11th minute, Robinson Colaco of Dicarpale scored the first goal when his placement shot evaded the diving Verna keeper.
Dicarpale were unlucky to concede the equaliser in the 23rd minute when Mable Miranda scored an own goal while attempting to clear the ball off a corner kick.
Both teams had opportunities to score but their strikers were wasteful in front of goal.
At half-time, Dicarpale led 1-0.
Changing over, the Verna players were a transformed team and attacked in numbers and their efforts paid off in the 39th minute Eusebio Fernandes found the back of the net with a rasping drive from top of the box giving no chance to the Dicarpale keeper.
Thereafter it was a story of missed chances galore for both the teams.
In the final ten minutes, Dicarpale went all out for the equaliser and had atleast 3 chances to do so but were denied by Preston Rebello the Verna keeper.
The match ended 2-1 in favour of Rossman Cruz SC Nagoa, Verna. The winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs 50,000 while the runners up pocketed Rs 40,000.
Reginaldo Lourenco was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of Clafasio Dias, MLA of Cuncolim, Patwin Fizardo, President of Guirdolim Club and other dignitaries.
