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Salgaocar FC defeated FC Bardez 2-0 in the Goa Football Association Champions Trophy Charity Match played at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Sunday afternoon.
Gilbert Oliveira in the first half injury time and substitute Clencio Pinto in the 77th minute scored for the winners in the Goan season curtain raiser.
The match was played on equal footing as the teams were restricted to midfield play in the first quarter of the match. Salgaocar soon went on to dominate the match proceedings and attacked through Mackroy Peixoto who swiftly passed the ball to Gilbert Oliveira however an FC Bardez defender got to ball first.
Mackroy initiated yet another move and sent in a brilliant ball to Gilbert, the striker dribbled past two defenders and shot towards the goal but to his dismay his strike only hit the crossbar.
Salgaocar continued their domination as the match progressed. A corner kick taken by Agnelo Colaco found Leny Pereira however the latter’s strike missed the rival nets by inches.
Salgaocar FC finally managed to find the breakthrough in added time of the first half through Gilbert. Harmanjot made the run from the flanks and sent in a brilliant ball to Gilbert with the striker making no mistake to head the ball home making it 1-0 just before the break.
Post resumption, Salgaocar FC made three changes with Clencio, Senson and Ribhav taking on the pitch while FC Bardez brought on Clinton Niasso and Ravil Azavedo.
Salgaocar FC determined to increase their lead started attacking from the word go and missed a couple of early chances. FC Bardez however defended resolutely and tried to score through counter attacks.
Later, Salgaocar FC skipper Rosario was booked for a double footed tackle on FC Bardez’s Dadapeer Patil.
A few minutes later, Jessel sent in an amazing corner towards Lenstan Afonso who headed the ball on target; the attempt marked the first attempt on goal for FC Bardez.
FC Bardez which was undermined throughout the first half came back stronger and made a series of attempts thereafter but failed to find the net.
In a counter attack move by Salgaocar FC, super-sub Clencio Pinto nailed in an astonishing goal to give his team a two goal lead. Coach Norberto’s substitutions proved to be on mark as Ribhav sent in the ball to Clencio who brilliantly placed the ball home.
Earlier at half-time, a minute’s silence was observed in the memory of former GFA referee Kevoy Fernandes.
