MARGAO
In a spectacular showcase of skill and dominance, Sporting Clube de Goa delivered a commanding performance against Guardian Angel Sports Club in the Goa Professional League at the Nagoa ground on Thursday.
The match unfolded with a flurry of goals as Lloyd Cardozo (25’), Joel Colaco (79’), Marcus Mascarenhas (61’), and Mark Carvalho found the back of the net for the triumphant Sporting Clube de Goa. Sporting Clube de Goa, now stand at an impressive 30 points from 15 games.
Sporting and Guardian Angel started on a cautious note as both teams tried to get hold on to the ball. In the initial moments, the ball was mostly restricted to the midfield, but slowly, Sporting took charge.
Left-back Kunal Kundaikar made some promising overlap runs. His ability to cross the ball in the danger zone created panic on many occasions in the rival territory.
Sporting found the breakthrough just before the half hour mark when one such ball from Kunal found Lloyd inside the danger zone. The striker controlled the ball well and hammered in a grounder past Guardian Angel custodian Oswin Rodrigues.
Just before the break, Lloyd could have had another after making a daunting run forward. He pulled the trigger, but Oswin managed to get his fingertips on Lloyd’s powerful placement.
In the second half, Guardian Angel exerted immense pressure, but the Sporting backline remained focused.
After the cooling break, Lloyd had a good opportunity to score with only the keeper at his mercy but instead tried to find a teammate.
However, off the resultant corner, Sporting made it count and captain Joel doubled the lead after a goal mouth melee.
Before even Guardian Angel could regroup, substitute Marcus Mascarenhas calmly scored the third.
Sporting were not done yet and earned a penalty which was calmly converted by new signing Mark Carvalho.
Sporting Clube de Goa captain Joel was awarded the Man-of-the-Match award by the SCG Director Danira Vaz.
