The Greens drew the first blood of the match in the 7th minute through Liston Colaco who shot a perfect free kick beating Selwyn D’Souza from about 25 yards off. After conceding the early goal the Flaming Oranje settled in well with their trio Desmond Pereira, Schubert D’Costa and Ivon Costa causing an awful lot of trouble for the Salgaocar FC defense. Sporting played a fantastic one touch game and looked more comfortable than the greens throughout. At the other end skipper Schubert D’Costa and Brandon Gomes did an excellent job to contain Salgaocar’s explosive Liston. After creating numerous chances towards late in the second half Sporting broke the jinx when Ivon Costa made a dazzling run into the Salgaocar box, Stephen Alvares of SFC made a desperate sliding tackle trying to stop Ivon tripping him over. The referee had no hesitation in pointing towards the penalty spot. Schubert Pereira who stepped up and took the responsibility made not mistakes putting things on level terms just before the halftime whistle.