MARGAO
Dark horses United Club of Verna scored a 5-3 tiebreaker win over favourites St. Savio Sports Club to move into the final of 18th London Trophy Inter Village Football Tournament 2026 organised by Goa Velha Sports Club and sponsored by the Villagers of Goa Velha based in the United Kingdom.
Both the teams played entertaining football throughout the match but failed to break the deadlock. The match ended goalless at the end of regulation time.
In the resultant tiebreaker, United Club of Verna were successful through Joasle Fernandes, Arfan Sayed, Fulgancio Cardozo, Hilton Fernandes and Nevil Menezes while only Runaal Shirodkar, Nigel Silveira and Ashwyn D'Souza were successful for St. Savio Sports Sports Club, Calangute.
Aglon Abranches of United Club of Verna while Jude Baptista and Ashwyn D'Souza of St. Savio Sports Club were cautioned by the Match Referee Jan Rodrigues.
Clive Fernandes of United Club of Verna was awarded the Man of the Match by Teodoro Mendes, Life Member of Goa Velha Sports Club based in the United Kingdom sponsored by Joshua and Philbert Lopes.
