By Sporting Clube de Goa Media

GOA: In a thrilling match the Flaming Oranje beat SAI Goa 4 – 0 at Don Bosco Ground, Panaji in the U-18 I-League. The first half did not witness much action as both teams failed to create a great deal of chances and kept the ball to themselves as the clock struck half time with a stalemate.

The second half however belonged to Sporting as they went on a rampage demolishing the SAI Defense in all aspects. Sporting took hardly 2 minutes from the kick off in the second half to open their score line as Akeraj Martins set up Daryal Costa with a beautiful through ball who went on to open the score line for Sporting in the 47^th minute.

In the 58^th minute a long pass from the Sporting custodian Shervin Dcunha was collected by Daryal Costa to dribble past the SAI defense to fire a shot which was blocked by the goal keeper, however as usual the smartness and quick reaction from Akeraj Martins resulted in the ball landing inside the SAI nets for the second time giving Sporting the two goal advantage.

The third goal totally belonged to Akeraj Martins as he dribbled past a thickly flooded SAI box to place the ball perfectly into the lower left corner making it 3 – 0 in favour of Sporting in the 61^st minute.

The fourth goal came in the 87^th minute as a long ball from Harshad Naik was well controlled by Akeraj who managed to send a good cross to Gautam Dais to fire his shot, the rebound came straight into the foot of Daryal who was never missing it from such a close range.

The Sporting manager Anthony Vas said “We are pleased with the boys performance, this victory gives us a real shot at qualifying”