With this win, The Greens have collected a maximum of 12 points from their four outings. They had earlier drubbed Cortalim Villagers and Consua SC by an identical margin, 8-0. The Greens followed that with an 8-1 drubbing of Dabolim SC.
The game got off to a brisk start with Salgaocar’s youngsters imposing their overall superiority and taking control of the game. The defence was very well organised and the midfielders kept the forwards busy with a continuous supply of passes. Overall the football displayed was extremely pleasing to the eye.
Salgaocar scored as early as the sixth minute when left-back Raja cleverly chipped over the rival keeper after a great run. The second goal came in the 21st minute when Klins Mendes played a beautiful aerial ball behind the defence for Naro to meet in mid-air, beating the keeper all ends up. Velsao tried to control the marauding Salgaocar forwards by maintaining a high line. However, the plan backfired when Lalit broke the offside trap and calmly lobbed the keeper after a beautiful through ball by Godfrey
However, Velsao had something to cheer about before the break after Richard Rod pulled a goal back.
Post resumption, the trend continued as Yamnoor Pinzar (57th), Harmanjat Singh (62nd) and Liston Colaco (64th) netted for The Greens.
With six minutes to go for the final whistle, Jacito Dias scored Velsao’s second goal.
In the Ilhas zone match, at Santa Cruz ground, Bhagawati Sports Club relied on Vinayak Cuncolkar’s eighth minute strike to register a solitary goal victory over Merces Club.
