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Goa Second Division: St Anthony Marna win eight-goal thriller!

St Anthony SC from Marna beat Saligao Sporting 5-3 in a thrilling encounter in the Goa Second Division League match played at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Thursday.

The winners led 2-0 at the break as Videsh Sawant and Vasudev Agerwadekr struck a goal each at the half hour mark respectively to go up by two goals within a span of five minutes.

Crossing over, St Anthony inflated their tally at the hour mark this time through Vipul Pednekar and soon scored team’s fourth goal in the 71st minute through Sangam Pednekar. Once up by 4-0 Marna team played defensive game and were punished in the in the 73rd minute as Chandan Govekar pulled a goal back for Saligao Sporting. Saligao gave a good fight and scored two more goals in the game as Chandan completed his hattrick netting in the 82nd and 86th minutes of the play to reduce the deficit by one goal.

Saligao Sporting pressed in search of the equalising goal but Kashiram Pomburpekar broke their hearts as he netted for Marna team to increase the lead back to two goals. St Anthony Marna won 5-3.

In another match played at Sirsaim ground, Sinquerim Sports Club twice came from behind to hold Assonora United Football Club.
There was no score at the break. Assonora took the lead in the 64th minute through Sairaj Halarnkar and Sinquerim soon equalised through Pratik Tirodkar. Sairaj once again gave his side the lead in the 87th minute only to see his effort cancelled out by Salil Parwar in the second half injury time.

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