PANJIM: Salgaocar Football Club juniors remained undefeated as they won their second consecutive game against a resilient Pune FC 1-0 in the U-18 I-League match at the East Bengal ground, Kolkata, on Friday.
Liston Colaco scored the only goal which separated the two teams.
In the seventh minute, Liston gave Salgocar FC a dream start when he latched on to an Aldrich Coelho pass to outsmart the goalkeeper. This handed the crucial early lead to the Salgaocar lads.
In the 10th minute, Liston made an excellent run on the left wing crossing the ball in to Ruflon Fernandes, whose attempt was saved by Pune FC custodian Anuj Kumar.
Pune FC dominated the game there on with multiple attempts from Ashique and Dimple Bhagat. The score however remained unchanged at the stroke of lemon break.
The second half also was dominated by Pune, who made many threatening attacks but to no avail as the Greens defence stood strong in the form of Saurbh Patil, Sanson Pereira and Daniel Gomes. Salgaocar goalkeeper Mustafa Mousa Shaikh was able to pull off some fine stops as on one such occasion he denied Chesterpaul Lyngdoh when the latter came dangerously close to equalizing for his team.
The exciting game which had the fans on the edge of their seats came to an end with the Salgaocar FC juniors extending their undefeated run to remain at the top of the table.
