Dempo Sports Club recorded a narrow 1-0 win over Calangute Association in the CAM Goa Professional League (Super League) at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, on Saturday.
Gaurav Kankonkar scored the only goal of the game for the winning team.
With this win, Dempo SC climbed to the top of the table with 26 points while Calangute Association remained on 19 points from 13 matches.
Calangute Association had the first shot at goal early in the 5th minute but Nigel Silveira’s strike from a distance went wide.
At the other end, Dempo broke the deadlock when Mohamed Ali put in a delicious ball to Gaurav Kankonkar for a simple tap in and the midfielder made no mistake in scoring the goal past Calangute’s Presley Mascarenhas.
At the half hour mark, Jaison Vaz sent in a through pass to Darrel Mascarenhas whose low drive went wide.
At the other end, Calangute came up with a quick counter when Nigel sent in a pass to Junior Carret, whose shot narrowly missed the mark.
Dempo’s Necio attempted a spectacular goal but Calangute keeper Mascarenhas was equal to the task.
At the hour mark, Dempo nearly doubled the lead only to see his effort hit the crossbar. Later Presley came with another save to deny Necio.
Dempo’s Dylan Dsilva came with a fine save to deny Calangute a chance from scoring. Calangute’s Jovito had a couple of his efforts saved by the Dempo’s custodian.
Dempo continued to miss chances and this time it was Ariston who hit straight to the keeper. Dempo’s Dylan came with a crucial save to deny Richard Cardoz in stoppage time.