Just fitness defeated saint Alex 3-0 to emerge winners of the 1st All Goa Agnel (Sulcar) Memorial Cup (Veterans Football Tournament organized by Calangute Veterans held at poriat ground calangute
In a keenly contested match, both the teams had an equal number of scoring opportunities in the first half and the just fitness Veterans tried hard to score but some resilient defending by the saint alex defenders blocked their attempts on goal and they could not find any goal and both the teams were goalless till half time
in the second half the strikers found some great form and the just fitness strikers took advantage of some bad defending by the saint Alex defenders and their poor defending proved costly as they allowed the just fitness stikers to penetrate their defence and eventually score and shyam wearning jersey number 10 gave just fitness the lead again . as the second half progressed the just fitness midfielders managed to keep possession by some crisp passing and controlled the entire game in midfield and this allowed their strikers to advance forward and break into the defence of the saint alex this style of play gave them another goal to go ahead and score the second goal through their star stiker sandesh who scored from close range again some defensive blunders by saint alex defenders proved them costly and Just fitness strikers managed to take advantage of it and one of their stikers was dropped into the penalty box and the referee pointed to the penalty box giving just fitness a penalty a neatly taken penalty kick gave just fitness the third goal and eventually giving them the match winner. Rosario dsouza from saint alex was awarded the man of the match by chief guest and ex dempo coach Anthony dsouza
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