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Churchill Brothers Sports Club, Salcete Football Club and Youth Welfare Sports Club Assolna registered huge wins in their respective encounters of the Goa Football Association U-16 League played on Saturday. While the Red Machines eased their way past Ave Maria Athletic Welfare Club with a 7-1 win, Salcete FC thumped Pax of Nagoa 10-0. YWSC Assolna beat CRSC Navelim 8-1 at Rosary Ground.
Arnold Oliveira and Nathan Rodrigues scored a brace each in the Red Machines 7-1 win. CB team began their onslaught in the 13th minute with Arnold scoring his first before Sandeep Pomburphekar scored the second. Ave Maria put up a strong show in the first half but they couldn’t stop the Red Machines. However, they were successful in keeping a narrow scoreline.
Post resumption, it was a different story. CB showed what makes them a special team as their collective team performance backed by their agility and stamina helped them to run riot over their opponents. Nathan added two before Arnold completed his brace. Bradley Carvalho and Richard Fernandes also scored for the winners. Vishal Das scored the consolation for the losing side in the 79th minute.
At Nagoa Ground, it was a story of three players ”Jeff Gaunkar, Shenoy Andrade and Tanvir Bagalkot ”who tormented the Pax of Nagoa side with their constant attacking which compelled Salcete’s 10-0 win. Salcete FC netted two in the first half through Shenoy and Tanvir but the second half was a totally different story as Salcete were all over the Nagoa team and scored in regular intervals. Jeff Gaunkar netted four and Sheny Andrade and Tanvir Bagalkot netted fine hat-tricks. The trio were at their best as they displayed great chemistry among themselves and were too difficult for the Pax of Nagoa side who started the match with just 10 players and no substitute on the bench.
At Navelim, Nash Diniz was the star player for the Assolna team as the striker smashed five goals while Steven Fernandes netted two and Austin Pinto added another to take their goal tally to eight.
