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Curtorim Gymkhana beat Betalbatm Sporting Club 8-7 via sudden death to emerge champions of 26th Lourdes Festival inter village football tournament held in memory of late Bernardo Custodio D’Souza and organised by United Club of Utorda in association with Sports Authority of Goa at SAG Ground, Utorda on Sunday. The teams were tied 1-1 at the end of normal period.
Right from the start, Betalbatim Sporting Club showed their attacking intent and trouble the rival defence with well orchestrated raids but their forwards misfired from close range. Curtorim Gymkhana did not lag behind and were meticulous in their approach, but just didn’t pack enough punch to find the success.
Crossing over, both the teams showed the urgency and attacked the goal with vigour. The first goal arrived when when striker Klusner Pereira slotted past the rival goalkeeper with a snap shot. Stung by that setback, Currtorim Gymkhana regrouped quickly and took the fight to the rival camp and their efforts bore fruit when Josley Gomes beat the rival goalkeeper with a neat finish in the78th minute. Earlier Curtorim Gymkhana had a golden chance but Milagres Fernandes shot wide much to the dismay of Curtorim Gymkhana supporters. In the tiebreaker, Curtorim Gymkhana had the last laugh in the sudden death.
Churchill Alemao, Benaulim MLA and president of Goa Football Association, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of guest of honour, Nuvem MLA Wilfred D’Sa and special invitees, Fr Santo Antonio Pereira, Parish Priest of Utorda Church, Nelly Rodrigues, ZP Member of Colva Constituency, and Agnelo Pereira, sarpanch of VP Majorda.
