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Hosts Candolim Sports Club lifted the Lakhanpal Novino Soccer Cup, with a 3-1 win via tiebreaker over Saligao Sporting Club, at Dr Gustavo Monteiro grounds, here on Sunday.
The first 20 minutes of the match were equally contested with both the defences giving no room for the strikers to have a clear look at their goals. Finally, Candolim surged ahead where Anson D’Souza lobbed the ball into the goal off the onrushing Saligao keeper Augustine D’Mello, 1-0.
Hardly into the second session and Saligao Sporting levelled terms, as Michael Dias guided the ball into the nets off a superb cross by Sachidanand Satelkar to make it 1-1. In the penalty shootout to decide the winner Saligao colts failed to score while Candolim got their goals from Anthony Fernandes and Suraj Kanthankar.
At the start of the match, Candolim club officials Lourencio Fernandes - President, Patrick Gonsalves - Treasurer, Bruno de Souza - Organizing secretary, introduced the chief guest, Gabriel Fernandes - FC Pune, guest of honour Lavinio Rebello - GFA Vice-president, Special invitee - Rajendra Tiwari - Manager, Lakhanpal Pvt Ltd, Pratesh Shirodkar - FC Goa and Babli Mandrekar to the players and match officials. Bruno de Souza compered and proposed the vote of thanks.
