St Anthony edge past ICSC Paroda

MARGAO: A ten-man St Anthony Sports Club, Colva got the better of Immaculate Conception Sports Club (ICSC) Paroda 12-11 via the sudden-death to cruise into the quarter-finals of All-Goa Varca Panchayat Cup inter-village football tournament organized by Varca Sports Club, at Varca ground, Friday. The teams were tied 2-2 at full time.

ICSC held slight edge over their opponents in the opening sessions and took the lead in the 17th minute when Godfrey Rodrigues put his team in front.  However, their joy was short-lived when Keith Rodrigues neutralized the lead.
Crossing over, ICSC continued to enjoy the better share of exchanges and fired couple of pot shots.
Kanchan Khiro made it 2-1 in favour of Paroda. With time running out, Jess Cardozo equalized in the dying minutes of the game.
Earlier, St Anthony suffered a jolt in the 52nd minute after striker Jovisco Fernandes was red carded by the referee.
Tie-breaker also failed to resolve the impasse. St Anthony Sports Club had a last laugh in the sudden death.

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