North East United FC edged past Vasco by a solitary goal in the second friendly match, played at Nagao ground, Verna here today.
North East United, who have come here to play friendly matches ahead of the ISL league which commence on Oct 12, once again found the going tough and had to wait in the second half to score the winner against Vasco who put up a stiff resistance in the first half.
North East United today fielded their Marquee player Joan Capedevilla but could not get the better of Vasco in the first half before he was replaced in the second half.
It was in the second half they showed ascendancy and after probing for most of the time scored the winner midway in the second half after wasting a penalty.
Yesterday they were held to a 1-1 draw by Tuff Laxmi Prasad.
New entrant Tuff Laxmi Prasad who put up good performance in the ongoing Goa's Pro-League stunned the fancy ISL team with a goal in the first half through foreign recruit N D Opara before the visiting team equalised late in the second half through a penalty.
North East United FC will play their last friendly match against the reserves of Salgaocar FC on September 30th at Tilak Stadium, Vasco.
North East United FC play their first match of the ISL on October 15 against Kerala Blasters.
