Salgaocar enter Fed Cup semis

HYDERABAD, July 5: Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa scored a hard-fought 5-4 tie-breaker victory over Border Security Force (BSF), Jalandhar to e...

HYDERABAD, July 5: Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa scored a hard-fought 5-4 tie-breaker victory over Border Security Force (BSF), Jalandhar to enter the semifinals of the Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup football tournament played here today.

The teams were locked 1-1 at the end of full-time and with no change to the score at the end of extra-time, the penalty shootout was imposed amidst rain and near darkness.

Salgaocar wasted several chances and conceded the lead against the run of play after 27 minutes in the first half when Prashanta Das scored.

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The Goan outfit equalised in the dying seconds of the half when Bruno Coutinho found the net with a piledriver from Sanaton Singh’s long lob.

Jules Alberto, Bruno Countinho, S Venkatesh and Robert Fernandes scored in the penalty duel for Salgaocar. Raghubir Singh, Pradip Gorai and Abay Mohato scored for BSF before Salgaocar goalkeeper Juje Siddique denied Avtar Singh.

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