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Sporting Clube de Goa coasted to a comfortable 2-0 victory against Sesa Football Academy in their opening group clash of the AWES Cup, organised by Association for the Wellbeing of Elder Sportspersons (AWES) in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) at Tilak Maidan, Vasco on Thursday.
Sporting Clube got both their goals in the first session as Victorino Fernandes and Mauvin Borges scored in the 14th and 33rd minute respectively. The win gives Sporting Clube three points and a good platform to launch their campaign for a semi-finals berth from a group that also consists Gokulam FC and ONGC.
Sporting Clube were always favoured to win this title comfortably and they started well, pinning Sesa in their own half. Sporting were helped by an early goal in the 14th minute. Girish Naik worked his way down the right flank and essayed a ball inside the goalmouth where Victorino was on hand to turn it home.
The Goa Pro League champions made it 2-0 just after the half an hour mark, this time Mauvin Borges adding his name to the scoresheet. It was a simple cross from Ganesh Thakur that Mauvin pounced on to hammer the ball past the Sesa goalkeeper.
