MARGAO
Sao Jose de Areal marched into pre-quarters of the 49th Chandor Seamen Football tournament played at Chandor grounds, defeating a spirited Goa Velha 8-7.
Goa Velha's Satish Kankonkar scored in the 21st minute with a powerful grounder. The Sao Jose Areal boys huffed and puffed looking for parity but to no avail. Goa Velha led 1-0 at Lemon time.
Coming back, both teams played with a sense of urgency when finally Francis Afonso tapped the ball into the rival goal from a long pass, giving Goa Velha a 2-0 lead.
It looked as though the Areal boys lost steam, but to the pleasant surprise of the spectators, suddenly gained renewed vigour after Darryl pulled one back for Areal in the dying minute. Myron Silva brought parity in the added-on time for Sao Jose de Areal taking the scoreline to 2-2 at the end of the regulation time.
In the penalty shootout that ensued, Frazer Viegas, Vanael Travaso, Aron Andro, Aryan Carvalho, Darryl Costa, and Dezi Oliveira were on target for Sao Jose de Areal. For Goa Velha, Francis Afonso, Prasil Kankonkar, Sairaj Chodankar, Vikram Mangeshkar and Krishnab Madkaikar scored.
Satish Kankonkar of Goa Velha Sports Club was named the Man of the Match.
