MAPUSA: St. Anthony’s SC Marna registered a 2-0 win over Candolim Sports Club to move ahead in the Vagator Soccer 2018 (UK Cup), organised by Vagator PYSC, at Vagator Ozran ground, on Monday.
In the 12th minute, Siddhant Shirodkar’s made a darting run on the right flank and sent a cross to Pushparaj Mandrekar whose half volley missed the target narrowly.
On crossing over in the 38th minute, Candolim’s Canute D’Souza sent a floater to Rayan Pereira whose header sailed over the post.
In the 56th minute, Marna’s Anslem D’Souza sent a curling corner where Gaurav Vaigankar rose high above the defenders and headed the ball past the Candolim keeper Dyaneshwar who was rooted to the ground to give his side the lead.
Marna had two open chances to further increase their lead, but Sherwin Lobo blasted the ball wide from close, while Vidhesh Sawant strike was saved by the Candolim keeper Dyaneshwar.
At the other end, Candolim almost equalled terms when Rayan crossed the ball to Siddharth Shirodkar whose header hit the crossbar and went out.
A couple of minutes before the final whistle, St Anthony Marna doubled their lead when Vidhesh Sawant collected a pass from Dalesh Pednekar to score.
