Team Herald
MAPUSA: St Anthony’s Sports Club Marna managed to edge past CDJ Ribandar 2-1 to advance into the quarter-final of the Anjuna Gymkhana Cup, at Anjuna Gymkhana ground, on Friday.
St. Anthony’s opened their account in the 22nd minute when Vipul Pednekar sent in a pass to Siddarth Shirodkar who placed the ball neatly into the net.
St Anthony’s increased their lead in the 46th minute off header by Pushparaj from a corner-kick taken by Videsh Sawant.
CDJ tried hard to score but the St Anthony goalkeeper Vinit Agarwadekar brought up some superb saves.
In the 56th minute, Ribandar’s Salu Santosh power-packed shot crashed into the back of the nylons to make it 2-1.
Both teams tried hard to score but missed several goal scoring opportunities.
