MARGAO: St Savio Sports Club, Calangute downed St Augustus Sports Club, Pomburba 2-1 to seal a berth in the quarter-final of North Goa Mc Dowells’ No 1 Yaari Premiere Cup inter-village football tournament, organised by Anjuna Gymkhana at Anjuna Gymkhna ground, on Wednesday.
St Savio Sports Club led 2-0 at the breather
Both the teams started with great intent; however, it was St Savio Sports Club who got breakthrough in the 21st minute when striker Vishal Vaigankar beat the rival goalkeeper with neat finish off well measured cross from Deep Govekar.
With the momentum on their side, St Savio Sports Club players started to express themselves as they made inroads into the opposition box. Their persistence paid off when Charles Dias received a cross from the Ashley Lobo flank and stabbed it in the opposition goal to help his team go into the break with a two-goal lead.
Post resumption, St Savio continued to dictate terms and fired couple of sorties against the rival citadel. Down by 0-2 , St Augustus continued to attack the rival goal. St Augustus Sports Club scored the consolation goal in the 44th minute following a flag kick taken by Amar, striker Ashvek Mulgaonkar’s smart header kissed the cross bar and eluded the rival goalkeeper.
The goal boosted the morale of Pomburba players as they went all out in search of equalizer but St Savio Sports Club defenders stood tall in protecting their slender lead
