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Salgaocar FC defeated Sporting Clube de Goa, who suffered their first defeat in the 2016 Goa Pro League courtesy a Liston Colaco strike in the 85th minute as the Panjim side lost out to their Port Town rivals.
Sporting Goa missed the services of their Ghanaian striker Francis Dadzie who watched his side go down in the last five minutes of a well contested match from the stands. Sporting Goa head coach Mateus Costa pulled out all the tricks off his sleeve but couldn’t find the strike he needed.
The very first minute saw Green Brigade’s Mackroy Peixote launch a lethal strike from mid way which was saved well by Sporting Goa custodian Ravi Kumar. After sensing the lack in creativity upfront Gaffer Costa introduced his hit man Victorino Fernandes at the half-hour mark hoping to get some momentum going. In the 35th minute Liston made a dazzling run for Salgaocar on the right to get past two defenders but a vigilant Clemente made the decisive tackle to see off the danger. It stayed goalless at the break.
Crossing over Sporting Goa introduced Seriton Fernandes to link up with his partner Victorino, the duo combined well and showed some positive signs early in the second half. In the 66th minute Ponif Vaz sent in a long ball to find a charging Victorino who shot it up into the skies. In the 72nd minute Sportingv should have scored when Seriton and Victorino displayed some fantastic one touch play only to see the final footing go wrong.
Salgaocar FC made the most of a thickly flooded Sporting Goa box when a Kamo Stephane strike rebound to find Liston who made no mistake to give his side the decisive 1-0 lead with five minutes to play. And it would stay this way at the final whistle.
With this win Salgaocar FC stay on top with 36 points from 15 matches while Sporting Clube de Goa stay second with 32 points from the same number of matches.
