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The 14th edition of the Goa Police Cup kicked-off today with two matches played on the opening day with Sporting Clube de Goa suffering a surprise 1-2 defeat to Calangute Association at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa, while a young Salgaocar FC had to dig deep to defeat Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim at the Ambelim ground.
Calangute Association shocked Sporting Goa in the 37th minute as Sunny Fernandes beat rival keeper Ravi Kumar and then in the 83rd minute, Agnelo Colaco was once more provider with Newton Azavedo finishing off the chance for a 2-0 lead.
Sporting Goa were not beaten then as they reduced the deficit only two minutes later through Cajetan Fernandes, but it wasn’t enough to earn a draw on the day.
In the day’s other match, Cavelossim controlled the game in the first session but only scored one goal against Salgaocar FC in the 38th minute through Melwyn Fernandes for the 1-0 lead at the break.
Things changed after the change of ends, but Salgaocar needed until the 70th minute to equalise through Joel Martins and they then took the lead through substitute Naro Hari Shrestha in the 82nd minute. But the match was heading for a climax as Cavelossim equalised only four minutes later with Melwyn Fernandes scoring his second goal of the day. Salgaocar would have the last laugh as Balwinder Singh scored the 3-2 winner a minute from time.
