MARGAO
United Club Verna secured a narrow victory over Sai Avtar Anjuna with a 5-4 win in a tiebreaker to advance to the semifinals of the Cana-Benaulim Super Soccer Inter-Village Football Tournament. The match, held at the St John de Baptist Football Ground in Benaulim on Monday, ended in a 0-0 draw after regular time.
In the tiebreaker, United Club Verna triumphed as Lenon Pereira, Roydon Rego, Clive Fernandes, Fulganco Cardozo, and Hilton Fernandes successfully converted their penalties. Sai Avtar's Dinesh Morajkar, Krupal Dhargalkar, Saish Govenkar, and Akshay Dabholkar each scored during the shootout, but it was not enough to secure victory.
