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Goan lads continued their fine form in the Sub Junior National Football Championship in Indore as they breezed past Gujarat 3-1 on Thursday.
Macenzie Fernandes (46') opened the scoring for Goa while Richard Carvalho (59', 65') added two more. Kevin Luis scored the consolation goal for Gujarat. With this win, Goa have qualified for the next round of the championship.
The first half saw Goa dominate the proceedings as Harsh Parte was very effective in the midfield, creating a lot of chances for the strikers upfront. Goa should have taken the lead on three occasions, which saw Rohan Viegas and Necio Fernandes miss the net from a hand-shaking distance. The score stayed 0-0 at the break.
Second half witnessed a lot of goalmouth action. In the opening minute, Goa broke the deadlock through Macenzie who latched on to a good cross from Richard Cardozo on the right. At around an hour mark, Necio Fernandes controlled a long ball from Anstein Rodrigues in the deep to set up Richard, who tapped home the second goal for Goa.
Richard made it 3-0 in the 65th minute when a well read move from Brandon found the former lurking the box to put it past the Gujarat goalkeeper. The consolation goal for Gujarat was scored by Kevin from the spot.
