PANAJI
Sporting Clube de Goa remained unbeaten in the U-20 TACA League to emerge champions as they played out a goalless draw in their final league match against Dempo Sports Club, at Artificial Turf, Fatorda on Monday.
Sporting, being unbeaten in the campaign, went into the game with a positive approach as they aimed at taking all points but the Dempo side gave them a tough fight and both teams were locked goalless at half-time.
Post resumption, the teams displayed some fine football on field and created some potent attacks. But in the later half of the second session, the Flaming Orange were made to pull up their socks and play fair as Prasil Kankonkar and Clive Miranda were booked with yellow cards in the 64th and 77th minute respectively for harsh challenges on the opposition team. On the other side, Altroy Rodrigues of Dempo SC was booked too in the 80th minute with a yellow.
As the final whistle drew near, the teams pressed hard to find a goal but nothing changed the score. By virtue of the draw, Sporting Clube remained unbeaten in the campaign winning 7 games out of 8. They collected a total of 22 points in the league while Dempo SC are at 6th position with 8 points and still a game in hand. Salgaocar FC finished runners-up as they pocketed 18 points, winning 6 games and losing 2.
In the Second Division league, at Quitula ground, Sinquerim SC edged past Candolim SC 1-0. The teams played out strong and created a host of chances but neither of the two managed to find the opening goal as both teams went into half-time goalless.
Akxya Vengrulkar netted in the winning goal with a fine finish in the 86th minute for Sinquerim SC.
