PER-SERAULIM: Verna Veterans blanked Benaulim Veterans 5-0 to move into the quarter-finals of the Flame of Unity Veterans, at Mabai Per-Seraulim ground, on Tuesday.
Benaulim through James D’Costa should have netted in but the latters’ shot was palmed away to safety by the Verna keeper in the third minute.
Three minutes later, Verna’s Santan Furtado took control of the ball from Seby Vaz who dribbled past Benaulim’s Pele Fernandes and Charles Rodrigues and shot from the top of the box but the ball sailed over the Benaulim cross bar.
It was Seby Vaz who netted the first goal of the match with a power-packed shot in the 40th minute.
Ten minutes later, Andrew Teodisio doubled the lead for Verna.
Verna further inflated the lead through Rosario Carvalho in the 58th minute.
Rosario Carvalho completed his hat-trick for Verna by netting two quick goals in the 82nd and 85th minutes to make it 5-0.
Benaulim tried their best to get back in the game but their strikers lacked sharpness.
