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Guirim Youth and Cultural Sports Club beat Cunchelim Football Club 3-1 in GFA's Third Division Football League match (Bardez zone), at Duler Stadium, here, on Thursday. The match kicked off at 4.15 pm with over 200 spectators present to witness the match. At half time, the score was 1-0 in favour of Guirim Youth and Cultural SC.
In the 20th minute Saish Palyekar took the lead for Guirim by netting in a perfect shot. In the 36th minute, Cunchelim FC’s Rohit Kambli was shown the yellow card for a rough tackle on a rival custodian. There was no stretcher available at the venue.
Post resumption in the 49th minute Anthony Viegas scored the second goal for his side. Seven minutes later the struggling Cunchelim managed to pull back a goal through Ganesh Poojar. In the 64th minute, Guirim's Saish was yellow-carded for a foul tackle. In the 70th minute, Guirim’s Chandan Govenkar increased the margin. In the 72nd minute, Cunchelim's Siraj Banaulikar was shown the yellow card.
In another match, Kelbai Sports Club beat St Augustias Sporting Club, Pomburpa 3-1 at the Bom Jesus Church, Scan grounds, Nachinola. There was no score at half time. In the first 45 minutes, both teams played well but were barely able to convert their advantage into goals. Post resumption both the teams came in with more zeal and enthusiasm to open the tally. Kelbai took the lead in the 56th minute with Sushant Gosavi opening the scoring. Five minutes later Sushant brilliantly received a pass from his fellow player and went on to convert it into the second goal for his side. In the 74th minute Kelbai SC’s Pundalik Gaddi increased the lead to 3-0 for his side by curling in a superb shot from the corner of the box and making their win more interesting.
It was a fair game with none of the players receiving any card. After all the struggle finally in the 86th minute St Augustias SC’s Alwayn Mendes was successful in pulling back a goal for his side. In another match at Chapora grounds,Peddem Bomm Sports Club recorded a 1-0 win against Sai Avatar Sports Club. Peddem Bomm SC’s Prajat Naik netted in the lone goal in the 9th minute.
SCOREBOX
Guirim YCSC 3 beat Cunchelim FC 1; Kelbai SC 3 beat St Augustias SC, Pomburpa 1; Peddem Bomm SC 1 beat Sai Avatar SC 0
