KSA 24th Payyade Football tournament
Udaya Sports Club waged a grim battle with Sarwaswati Sports Club but managed to score a late winner to snatch a narrow 1-0 win in a hard-fought first round league match of the 24th Late Shri Ramanath Payyade Football Tournament 2019-2020 and played at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan.
Both Udaya and Sarawati played an open attacking game but the forwards of the two teams wasted quite a number of chances. But, just the match seemed to be heading for a goalless draw Udaya striker Siddu Pawar from a snap shot scored the crucial winning goal to help Udaya pocket the full three points.
Earlier, Star of Canara SC and Mangalore Blues SC shared honours and they played out a 1-1 draw. Mangalore Blues took the lead in the first half through Kenny D’Souza and in the second half Sheldon Rego scored the equaliser to enable Star of Canara force a draw and division of two points.
Results: Udaya SC 1 (Siddu Pawar) beat Saraswati SC 0.
Mangalore Blues SC 1 (Kenny D’Souza) drew with Star of Canara 1 (Sheldon Rego).