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DULER
Title-aspirants Salgaocar Football Club had little mercy as they demolished Vasco Sports Club 5-0 in the latter’s last match of Goa Professional League organised by Goa Football Association at Duler Stadium here on Wednesday. Clencio Pinto scored a brace while Assumption Soares, Devendra Murgaonkar and Joel Sunday found the target.
After today’s win, Salgaocar climbed to the 5th place with 32 points from 17 outings, while Vasco concluded their season in seventh position with just 20 points from 22 matches. Later, Sporting Clube de Goa registered a 2-1 win over Corps of Signals under floodlights.
Earlier, Vasco’s best chance to take the lead came in the 34th minute when skipper Micky Fernandes sent in a low cross to Franky Oliveiro, whose shot from six yards, missed the target narrowly.
Finally, Salgaocar tasted success in the 37th minute when Assumption Soares’ powerful striker from the distance, hit the leg of Vasco defender Treyson D’Costa and rolled into the goal (1-0). Pepped up by the goal, the Green Brigade doubled their tally within next three minutes. U-20 striker Devendra Murgaonkar made no mistake to head the ball home from six yards off Stephen Alvares’ curling cross from the right.
On resumption of play, Salgaocar coach Norbert brought on striker Clencio Pinto from the bench, and the substitute was instrumental in scoring two quick goals in the 46th and 50th minutes. Clencio dribbled past a host of Vasco defenders and shot from the top of the box, which gave no chance to diving keeper Suresh making it 3-0 for the Green Brigade. Clencio netted his brace as he collected a through pass from Mackroy and made it 4-0.
Salgaocar’s hunger for goals did not end there as in the 60th minute, Nigerian striker Sunday hammered in the fifth goal with an easy tap-in from close into the empty goal.
Later in the floodlit match, Sporting Clube de Goa registered a 2-1 win over Corps of Signals.
In the 42nd minute, Flaming Oranje broke the deadlock as Nigerian Philip Odogwu dribbled past a host of rival defenders and scored past keeper Niyas Mon. On resumption of play, Signals coach Sub Rateesh R brought on Harshad Thube from the bench whose first touch materialised into goal. A cross from Kuldeep Kumar saw Harshad lash in a right-footer from inside the penalty box into the far corner of Sporting goal.
Stunned by the equaliser, the Flaming Oranje regrouped themselves and after much probing once again took the lead in the 57th minute as Glan Martins drilled a 35-yard strike which had a slight deflection off Signals defender as the ball crashed into the goal. In the 72nd minute, Signals keeper Niyas Mon was sent off by referee Rohidas Bomkar for deliberately holding Sporting striker Victorino Fernandes on his way to
the goal.
