MARGAO
St Anthony's Assolda claimed the title in the Fr Agnelo Youth Club Inter-village Football Tournament, defeating the host team, Fr Agnelo Youth Sports Club Paroda, 1-0 in the final.
The match, held at the Panchayat grounds in Avedem-Paroda, saw Sunny Fernandes score the match-winning goal with a brilliant long-range shot, finding the corner of the net and leaving the Paroda goalkeeper helpless.
As winners, St Anthony FC took home a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 along with the trophy, while Paroda received Rs 40,000 as runners-up. Individual awards were presented as follows: Best Goalkeeper to Oswin Rodrigues (Assolda), Best Defender to Enjoy Clement (Paroda), Best Forward to Ashwin Fernandes (Paroda), and Man of the Match to Sunny Fernandes (Assolda).
The awards were handed out by the chief guest, Rev Fr George Ratos, Parish Priest of Paroda Church, alongside other dignitaries, including Sidharth Gauns Desai, Vice-Chairperson of South Goa Zilla Panchayat, and Bhupendra Gauns Desai, Sarpanch of Acedem-Cotombi-Chaify. The event was compered by Nevil Alphonso.
