Riding on the twin strikes from Valentine Pereira a charged up Karnatak SC went on to record a comfortable 5-2 win against Star of Canara SC in a second round league match of the 21st Late Shri Ramanath Payyade Football League Tournament 2016 –2017, conducted by The Karnatak Sporting Association and played at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan.
Besides Pereira, the other who contributed towards Karantak’s win was Aditya Swamy, Sagar Salian and Roger Sam, all chipping in with a goal each to seal the win. Star of Canara were well-served by Aston Dias who scored both the goals, one in each half.
Pereira got the opening goal for Karnatak in the 10th minute before Dias netted the Canara’s equalizer in the 16th minute. Karnatak managed to regain the lead through Swamy’s strike in the 23rd minute and went into the break with a 2-1 advantage.
In the second half both the teams tried to dominate the proceedings, but Karnatak called the shots and scored three more goals through Sagar Salian, Pereira and Sam to put the match beyond their rivals. Canara got one back with Dias netting his and the team’s second goal of the match.
Results (Round-II): Karnatak SC 5 (Valentine Pereira 2, Aditya Swamy, Sagar Salian, Roger Sam) beat Star of Canara SC 2 (Aston Dias 2).