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Sporting Clube de Goa beat Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim 3–1 to reclaim the second spot in the Goa Pro League table at Ambelim on Friday afternoon. Francis Dadzie (4’) opened the scoreline while Harshad Naik (29’) & Victorino Fernandes (46’) added one each; the consolation goal for Cavelossim was scored by Moises D’Sa (63’).
It was Cavelossim who made the first inroads as their young striker Aaren D’Silva displayed some brilliant skills before launching a clean strike to test Sporting Goa keeper Ravi Kumar who managed to keep it out safely. Sporting Goa responded back quickly with a counter which saw Marcus Mascarenhas leap in the air to head a ball in the direction of Ghanaian forward Dadzie who netted it in from a tight angle giving the visitors a perfect start.
In the 6th minute Sporting Goa should have doubled their lead when Mauvin Borges made a good run on the left but a crucial tackle from Cryson Fernandes denied the former an assured goal. In the 20th minute Sporting Goa once again came knocking when Harshad Naik’s dangerous cross went screaming past Marcus & Dadzie who failed to tap home the ball. At the half hour mark Harshad was finally rewarded for his hard work when he was brilliantly beat the off side trap to receive a good ball from Cajetan Fernandes in the middle. Harshad kept his calm in front of a charging keeper and gave Sporting Goa their second goal of the match. The score stayed 2-0 at the break.
Sporting Goa started the second half exactly from where they left off as the first move from them saw Marcus setting up Victorino with a good ball on the right who put it past a hapless Cavelossim keeper to make it 3–0 for the Flaming Oranje.
After long spells of possession by Sporting Goa, Cavelossim finally found something to smile when their substitute Moises D’Sa made an instant impact as he rounded off the strong Sporting Goa defender Loveday Enyinnaya to fire in the first goal for Cavelossim in the 63rd minute.
The home side should have made it two in the 68th minute when Daulat Dessai beat the off side trap making a good run but Sporting Goa defender Joseph Clemente’s gasping tackle ensured no further damage to the scoreline. Towards the last quarter Sporting Goa came close on numerous occasions, Marcus saw his goal denied by an offside flag while James Fernandes missed the target by a whisker.
With this win Sporting Clube de Goa climb back to the second spot with 39 points from 18 matches.
