Goa scored a convincing 3-0 victory over Mizoram in their Pre quarter final match two at Tiruchirappalli, Chennai to enter into the quarterfinal round on Sunday in the 63rd National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy.
Goa started the game on a positive note and played an aggressive game. The victors could have taken the lead in the 15th minute but Fredy Mascarenhas missed the penalty. As a result of the missed penalty Fredy was replaced by Jaquim Abranches and the substitution worked well for the Goan outfit.
In the 43rd minute Abranches displayed some superb football skills as he got the ball past Mizoram custodian to give his team a 1-0 lead with match entering into the lemon break.
Goa completely dominated the match and never allowed Mizoram to have a shot at their goal. Though Mizoram got couple of chances early on but their strikers failed to convert them.
The start of the second half was no different as Goa extended the lead in the 58th minute through Marcus Mascarenhas. Marcus had a solo run and Mizoram defenders never posed a threat to his challenge as he got the ball past Mizoram custodian to make it 2-0 for Goa.
Five minutes later Marcus was back in action as he scored his brace for the evening to seal the fate of the game in his teams favour and help Goa enter into quarter finals. Goa will now play Karnataka in the quarter final match on 3rd June at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Sunday 31 May 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.