MARGAO
Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda, made short work of Sao Jose de Areal Sports Club 3-1 via the tie-breaker to storm to the finals of 17th All Goa Guirdolim Panchayat Cup, organised by Guirdolim Club, at Chandor Church Sports Complex.
It was Areal who started on a positive note and almost got the lead in the third minute but Listen D'Costa's effort missed the target by whiskers.
Areal squandered another easy chance in the seventh minute when a through ball by Rayman was latched on to by Arean Endro whose placement shot was pushed for a corner by a diving Karol Soares under the Fatorda bar.
At the other end,in the 12th minute, a long ball by Cliff Barretto found Elroy with ample of space and time but he balloned his shot over. Elroy was guilty of missing at least another two scoring opportunities in the first session. For Areal Navil was rock solid in defence. At the break both teams were level 0-0.
Changing over, both teams were equally matched with Don Bosco making early moves with Hanslum and Elroy combining well but they could not get past Joseph the Areal keeper who made some good saves. Aryan who came in as a substitute tried his luck from distance in the 45th minute only to see his effort thunder off the crossbar a rebound back into play.
In the 47th minute, a volley from top of the box by Rayman of Areal drew a full stretch save from Karol Soares.
In the resultant tie-breaker Velton, Hanslum and Cliff scored for Fatorda while only Navil was successful for Areal. Don Bosco will now meet Verna in the finals on December 10.
Karol Soares, goalkeeper of DBO, Fatorda was awarded the man of the match by Brian Pereira, Vice President of Guirdolim Club.
