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Salgaocar FC defeated Goan FC 7-6 via the tie-breaker to book a spot in the finals of Goa Sevens Premier League, organised by Goa Sevens and Ambelim Sports Club in association with Goa Football Association (GFA) at Ambelim Sports Complex on Friday. Salgaocar will clash with Sporting Clube de Goa in finals on Saturday.
Meldon Silva scored for the Gaurs in the first half, while Gilbert Oliveira made it square for the Green Brigade, in the second session.
The first attempt in the game was created by Leny Pereira of Salgaocar, but his shot was wide of the target. At the other end, Kingslee Fernandes received a well-placed pass from Liston Colaco but the former’s strike went inches away from the goal.
The Salgaocar side kept on trying to score as Agnelo Coalco went close on two attempts, but he failed to get his shot on target as Salgaocar kept lurking for the opening goal. But it was the Goan FC side, who took the lead through Meldon Silva as he neatly tapped his shot in off the woodwork.
Being a goal down, the Green brigade kept on attempting to equalise but Agnelo and Umesh Harijan failed to get past Goan FC goalkeeper Sujitesh Mandrekar. The Gaurs went into the half-time break with a 1-0 lead.
Moving into the second half, the game began to heat up with a total of five bookings being dished out by the referee. Umesh Harijan placed in a long cross across the field to Samuel Costa but a diving save by the Goan FC goalkeeper, denied them a goal yet again.
Salgaocar managed to make it all square after much probing through Gilbert Oliveira as he neatly headed the ball in off Agnelo’s long throw-in. Both teams had their share of attempts, but neither of the sides managed to convert as the game went into penalties.
In the tie-breaker, Gilbert Oliveira, Umesh Harijan, Mackroy Peixoto, Sanson Pereira, Samuel Costa and Lenny Pereira scored for the Greens, while Meldon Silva, Liston Colaco, Saviour Gama, Jason Barbosa and Leander D’Cunha scored for the Gaurs.
