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Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club rode on a first half strike by Alviton Silva to down Sporting Club of Davorlim and emerge champions of All Goa 25th Lourdes Festival inter village football tournament, played in memory of late Poly Rodrigues, organised by United Club of Utorda, at SAG ground, Utorda on Sunday.
Sao Jose de Areal dominated the first half and had their best chance in the 4th minute when Vishal Fernandes unleashed a stiff shot vut Sporting Club of Davorlim goalkeeper Sachin Astekar came to his side's rescue by fisting away the ball for a flag kick.​ At the other end, Davorlim too had their share of chances and looked to score when striker Paxton Gomes picked up the ball from Joel Colaco but the former was thwarted by rival defender Prisco Moura in the 10th minute.
Striker Alviton Silvas scored with a nice placement to help Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club end an anxious wait. Crossing over, Sporting Club of Davorlim put up an improved display and had a chance to level the scores but Venson Figureido could not beat rival goalkeeper Joseph Monteiro in the 60th minute.
Sao Jose de Areal were awarded Rs 40,000 and a glittering trophy while Sporting Club of Davorlim had to settle for Rs 30,000 and a trophy.
Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes ​in the presence of Nuvem MLA Wilfred D'Sa, Nelly Rodrigues, ZP Member; VM Prabhudessai, Executive Director of SAG; Agnelo Pereira, Sarpanch of VP Majorda.
