The young Flaming Oranje started off on a high note with some impressive passing and promising through balls. David Cardozo opened the scoreline for Sporting in the 19th minute with a fine placement from the left. Then it was all Sahil Haldankar who stole the limelight with a four-goal blitz
THE GOAN NETWORK
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Sporting Clube de Goa registered a 5-0 win over Portais SC in the GFA U-16 league at St Cruz grounds on Tuesday. Four goals from Sahil Haldankar and one goal from David Cardozo sealed the match comfortably in favour of the Flaming Oranje.
The young Flaming Oranje started off on a high note with some impressive passing and promising through balls. David Cardozo opened the scoreline for Sporting in the 19th minute with a fine placement from the left. Once ahead the Sporting lads continued to make runs on either flanks testing the Portais keeper from a long range.
However, man of the hour was Sahil Haldarnkar who netted the next four goals for Sporting. He got on the score sheet in the 28th minute with a powerful right-footed shot from a close range. The next one came in as the Portias defender brought down Aman Govekar inside the box, Sahil who looked to be in a fine form stepped in to score from the spot giving Sporting a 3-0 lead before switching ends.
The best goal of the match came in the 54th minute when Sahil latched on to a cross which came in from the mid to dribble past two defenders and the keeper to net home his hat-trick. The final goal once again came in from Sahil at the 67th minute as he managed to drill one in from close range to make it 5-0 in favour of Sporting.
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Sporting Clube de Goa 5 beat Portais SC 0
