PANJIM: Sumeet Passi netted a brace as Sporting Clube de Goa XI hammered a Nigerian All-star XI 6-0 in a friendly match to mark Nigeria’s Independence Day, at Sangolda ground, recently.
The match was organized by former Sporting Clube de Goa player Abdulateef Seriki to commemorate his countrymen’s Independence Day.
Sporting Goa played a combination of U-20 players along with a few senior players who are just coming back from injury. From the word go, the young Flaming Oranje team were eager to impress and strung together some neat passes and confidently shooting at every opportunity.
Anto Xavier opened the scoring for Sporting Clube after receiving a neat pull back from Passi. Soon, Passi headed in to double the lead.
Changing over, Passi completed his brace, while Brandon Fernandes, Olwin Cardoza and Jonathan Cardosa also got their names on the score sheet to wrap up the half dozen for Sporting Clube.
After the game the Nigerian players handed over the winner’s trophy to their opponents.
