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Suraj Naik, Ismail Pathan, Rajan Yadav and Royston Goes scored for St. Rock's, Majorda. Alder Soares and Shawn D'Souza netted for Raitura SC with Charlton Pereira and Abby Fernandes missing out narrowly from the spot.
Both teams played an attacking brand of football from the start. The Majorda club created chances with some fine passes to Kevin Almeida in particular, only to find the latter in an off-side position three times.
Wilson Rebello's cross to Alois Colaco in the 20th minute of the game saw Raitura SC open the scoring with a fine header from the right of the box, taking an early lead.
Ten minutes later, St. Rock's were close to leveling the score but Kevin's fine header from the box missed the post by a whisker.
Flesban Ferrao's header in the 35th minute could have evened things up but his feeble strike went straight to the rival goalkeeper.
Alois Colaco then doubled the lead for Raitura SC in the 39th minute with a low shot past the goalkeeper making it 2-0. But two minutes later, Jerry Braganza's fine strike at the top corner of the nets reduced the margin to 2-1 in the 41st minute. Switching over, St. Rock's fought back hard and leveled things up through Kevin Almeida with a low shot in the left corner of the goal in the 54th minute, making it 2-2.
The game went into the tie-breaker and St. Rock's Majorda proved to be better shooters as they snatched away a win from Raitura SC.
St. Rock's YC win against Raitura SC
St. Rock's YC, Calata-Majorda, scored a hard-fought 6-4 win against Raitura SC in the GFA Third Division League at the Artificial Turf, Fatorda. Both teams were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time.
