MARGAO: Quepem Veterans recorded a brilliant comeback in one of the most exciting matches of the 2nd All Goa SAI Veterans Football Tournament, organised by SAI veterans Football Association, defeating Verna Veterans 3-2 played at Trinity ground, Benaulim, on Thursday.
It was a tale of two halves as both the teams had their share of possessions. In the first session, the story was totally about Verna’s dominance as Vishant Pednekar, Vincent Colaco, Andrew Theodosio and Nelson Landez excelled for the side.
The dominance was soon turned into the lead in the 15th minute when Salvador Miranda put them ahead with a brilliant solo effort.
Minutes later Vishant Pednekar made it 2-0 when he was fed by Minguel Rodrigues and the former showed his class and kept his composure in scoring past the helpless keeper.
However, Quepem managed to pull a goal back just before the breather when Robert Fernandes did the initial spadework before setting up Vincent Barbosa. The first half score was 2-1 in favour of Verna.
In the second half, Quepem made some tactical changes and the move paid dividends as they equalised through Agnelo Fernandes off a Jerson’s assist.
With the scores level, the match turned into an end to end affair as both the sides tried to find the match-winner and finally it was Quepem who scored through Santan Furtado, who guided in a Raymond D’Souza cross to make it 3-2.
Soccoro Coutinho former Dempo Sports Club player and former Dempo Coach was the chief guest for match.
