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Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda emerged champions when they came back from a goal down to beat Cuncolim Union 5-4 via tiebreaker in the finals of Cavelossim Villagers UK Cup football tournament at Fr Druston and Wellington ground Cavelossim. In the 20th minute, Mevzen Oliveira dispossessed Maxwell Furtado in their half line and fired a bullet shot which was blocked by keeper Karol Soares. The ball rebounded back to Mevzen Oliveira who made no mistake from a handshaking distance to put Cuncolim 1-0 up. Crossing over DBO Fatorda mounted pressure on Cuncolim Union defenders with Valiston D'Souza getting the better of Melvin Fernandes in the deep defence right on the goal line and gave a square pass to Clancio Pinto whose power-packed shot gave no chance to Hrishikesh Gaunker in the Cuncolim goal to draw the match 1-1 during regulation time. In the resultant tiebreaker Maxwell, Charles, Clancio, Veliston and Velton made no mistake with their spot kicks for DBO Fatorda. While their keeper Karol Soares turned out to be the hero of the match when he blocked Trijoy Dias' spot kick to win the tiebreaker and the Cavelossim Villagers UK Cup 2022.
