AGENCIES, NEW DELHI: Sporting Clube de Goa secured a 3-2 victory in a tight game against Kuppuraj FC and bagged their first points in the Hero Futsal Club Championship 2021-22.
The first half went goalless, with neither team able to convert any of the half-chances that they were creating.
In the second half, a swift goal for Kuppuraj FC by Rajaganapathy opened the floodgates. It broke the shell for Sporting Clube de Goa and they went on ultra-attacking mode. Two goals in two minutes followed as a result, with Lloyd Cardozo and Rohit Shankar Totad scoring in the 22nd and 23rd minute respectively.
Austin Jijo was given a yellow card in the 30th minute for a bad challenge. Kuppuraj FC tried their best and came close to scoring many times, which would have been the equaliser for them. Their hopes of securing even a point from this match were dashed by Lloyd Cardozo as he scored his second goal of the game in the 38th minute and gave Sporting Clube de Goa the buffer that they needed.
That buffer came in handy as Austin Jijo pulled one back in in the penultimate minute of the game. However, it was too little too late for the side from Pondicherry, who after having lost both their games so far have crashed out of the tournament.
Earlier, in the first game of matchday three, Chanmari Zothan Futsal put seven goals past Baroda FC to secure their first win.
Mohammedan SC rose up to the challenge to seal a 4-3 win over Super Strikers FC.
