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Sporting Clube de Goa were held on to a 1–1 draw by Calangute Association in a Goa Pro League encounter at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Wednesday evening. Victorino Fernandes (79’) got Sporting Goa the lead with a fantastic header while Calangute equalised through a Kouame Joaeph (88′) header at the other end.
The first half turned out to be drab affair as both teams played defensive to avoid conceding any goals. Calangute Association were the first to come close to scoring when a well directed Kouame free kick was kept out by the woodwork. Sporting Goa quickly responded with a good move at the other end to win a corner. Skipper Cajetan Fernandes sent in a good ball finding Francis Dadzie who headed it to Victorino but the final strike was cleared by the Calangute defenders. Sporting Goa once again had a good opportunity when a George D’Souza free kick was right on target but the Calangute keeper barely managed to punch it out for a corner. The match stayed goalless at the break.
Crossing over Sporting Goa mounted some good pressure on Calangute Association. Gaffer Costa introduced Joseph Pereira and Seriton Fernandes upfront to provide support for Dadzie and Victorino. The all out attack formation worked well for the Panjim side as they managed to penetrate a heavily fortified Calangute defence. The move almost paid off in the 67th minute when Dadzie found a charging Joesph on the left, however the latter’s strike went inches wide off the post.
In the 72nd minute Cajetan Fernandes saw his free kick miss the target by a whisker. It was Victorino’s exceptional brilliance in the 79th minute which gave Sporting Goa the lead when he got hold of a good pass from Joseph to beat his marker and get a strike which was blocked by the Calangute keeper. However Victorino had different plans he continued his run to rise high in the air to head the ball past a thickly flooded Calangute box to make it 1–0 in favour of the visitors.
After maintaining some good pressure Sporting Goa gave away a silly corner which ended up costing them three points. Agnelo Colaco who delivered a perfect corner for Calangute Association finding Salim Mohammed who served it on a platter for Kouame Joaeph to head in the equaliser for Calangute.
With this draw Sporting Clube de Goa stay in second position with 33 points from 16 matches while Calangute Association remain fourth with 32 points from 17 outings.
