PANJIM: Salgaocar FC Juniors continued their dominance after trouncing Cortalim Sports Club 9-0 in a one-sided GFA Third Division League match, at Cansaulim ground, on Tuesday.
With the win, Salgaocar FC juniors made it to the play-offs, courtesy a fine hat-trick by Denil Rebello and a brace each from Klins Mendes, Yamnur Pinjar and Liston Colaco.
The winners now await the runners-up in Group A in the semi-final play-off on November 29, after an all-win record saw them comfortably top Group B of the Mormugao Zone.
Yamnur opened the scoring in the 9th minute from a terrific cross to the far post by Harmanjot Singh.
Harmanjot himself came close to finding the target five minutes later but his left foot screamer was fisted over by the rival goalkeeper.
Salgaocar’s midfielder Klins was in the thick of action thereafter scoring his side’s second and third goals respectively.
Denil then received another delightful Harmanjot’s cross to make it 4-0 by the 31st minute and Yamnur chested beautifully from a cross from Gurba, dribbled a defender and slammed past goalkeeper to ensure the Greens went into the breather with a five-goal cushion.
In the second half, Cortalim kept the Greens at bay for nearly 20 minutes before succumbing to the pressure. Denil got his second after a strong run beating the last man and hammering past a helpless keeper. Liston finally added his name to the score-sheet after he dribbled past two defenders to score Salgaocar’s seventh goal.
Denil earned a well-deserved hat-trick in the 84th minute after receiving a through ball from Klins. The rout was complete when Samuel Costa ran the length of the pitch and cut back Liston to score in style.
