SIRIDAO: St Joseph Vaz, Sancoale entered the quarter-finals of the 4th London Cup football tournament, organised by Siridao Sports Club, beating Siridao Boys 2-1, at River Plate Siridao Sports Club ground, on Sunday.
Siridao started brightly with short passes and possession play. Tiska Francis powerful shot hit the cross in the 5th minute at the other end, St Joseph Boys mounted pressure with counters and managed to open the account through Viraj who was fed by Ronil in the goal area.
The home team came back strongly in the second half with the support of the hundreds of fans cheering them but were unlucky to score as the rival keeper pulled off stunning saves to deny Huston and his team.
St Joseph defended resolutely in the dying minutes to restrict the opponents.
