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Teams like Kenkre, Bodyline, Father Agnel, Steadfast, Rhino, Campaneros, Football Leaders & Football School of India participated with their Women’s teams to showcase their talent.

Father Agnel’s and Bodyline came out to be the best out of the rest of the eight teams in the Women’s category, which brought the two to the finals. Both the teams played a competitive game and the game ended in a fulltime scoreline of 1-1, own goal from Father Agnel’s placed the Bodyline in the lead during the first half however, an equaliser from Jyothi Mehra with an assist from Pranali Shetty during the second half lifted up the team at par with Bodyline cancelling the own goal pushing the game towards a tie-breaker where Father Agnel’s overcame Bodyline with a score line of 4-3 in penalties.

Congratulating Father Agnel’s on winning the first time organised RCF Premier Cup (Women’s Category) 2016 also wishing them luck to keep inspiring other women’s in the coming future of Women Football. A well-deserved appreciation for Father Agnels’ Coaches Suprith Jathana and Jerome Dias as well as Bodyline’s Coach Mr Marshal.

Also, read RCF Premier Cup’s Men’s Open Category Finale!

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The day started with the 1st semi-final match between Central Railways and Mumbai Customs, ended with a score line of 1-0 in the favour of the Railways as Ajinkya Nalvade Jersey no. 10’s lone strike in the 26^th minute secured their spot in the finals of the 7^th RCF Premier CUP which also saw two yellow cards conceded by Neville Miranda Jersey no. 3 & Aziz Qureshi Jersey no. 18 one each.

The 2nd semi-final match was later played between Western Railway & Nagpur FC resulting for the railways to trash the outstation teams hope to qualify for the next round as they were beaten by four goals to nil, after the first goal scored in the early minutes we soon got to see 44^th minute goal by Reuben D’cruz which got to frustrate the Orange team as in the 59^th minute two red cards were shown to Fuzail Pasha Jersey no. 17 from the Orange team & Raju Jersey no.4 from the Maroon outfit as both the teams had to play an 8-sided game but this couldn’t stop Somi P.T as he scores the 3^rd goal of the game in the 64^th minute later adding more to the score a goal in the 68^th minute from Ravikant Naidu sealed the victory for the Western side as they face the other side of the railway in the finals.

The wait was put to bed as the finals kicked off at the end of the day in an atmosphere full of excitement and suspense where Western Railways played against Central Railways. Western Railways Reuben D’Souza scored the first goal and sustained their dominance throughout the first and second half. The first half scoreline read 3-0, the only goal scored by Central Railway was in the second half when Krishna Naidu attempted a free-kick however, the effort proved to be futile as Western Railways goalkeeper blocked the ball, despite the save Prabhas Janardan took the benefit of the temporary chaos and fired the ball to the back of the net. The game full of excitement and energy ended with a full-time score of 3-1, the hero of the final game Reuben D’souza scored a hat trick to seal the victory for the Maroon & White Army as they have enlisted themselves in the history of the RCF Premier Cup 2016 Winners.

Best Players of the RCF Premier Cup 2016′ Mens’ Open Category:

Saajan Deep Singh (Central Railway): Man of the Tournament
Reuben D’Souza (Western Railway): Highest Scorer of the Tournament.
Grinto K. Antao (Western Railway): Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
Vijesh Vijayan (Western Railway): Best Defender of the Tournament.

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The second day kick-started at 4:30 pm as scheduled, where PIFA Colaba played against Union Bank in a hard fought game resulting in a favour of the Orange Army.

Goals from Hemant Meher Jersey no.10 & Sushant Jadhav Jersey no.2 sealed the victory for the Colaba outfit as Valentine Pereira Jersey no.11 fought well to get back his team in the game but that wasn’t enough as they were held tight by PIFA Colaba who are back to their winning ways and hope to see the same in the coming future.

Also Read 7th RCF Premier Cup: Roundup of 15-Dec’16.

Thereafter the 6^th game of the Cup was kicked off at 6:00 pm, featuring Central Bank of India & Central Railways.

Ajinkya Nalavde Jersey no.10 scoring the lone goal of the match for the Railways as it proved costly for the blues as the match ended 1-0 against their favour, all credit goes to the defensive line who hold their nerves until fulltime, with Nadeem Khan Jersey no.10 for CBI was awarded as the best player of the match

A highly tempered game which saw four players going in to the referee’s note book  for a yellow card which counted 3 for the CBI players and one for the winning side.

Followingly the 3rd match was played between KSA & Mumbai Customs which kicked off as scheduled at 7:15 pm, where all the spectators got to victim a high profile game which ended up in the favour of the Black & White outfit.

The 7^th match of the Cup again saw a lone goal from Francisco Salin Jersey no.19, with his early strike in the first half saw his team qualify for the next stage as they will face Western Railways.

Coming to the last game of the day which was played between Western Railways & Kenkre FC with the kick off time at 8:30 pm, which was also victimised as a very high tempo game ended up in the favour of the Maron & White outfit as they got two goals to one leaving behind the other team of Kenkre FC that is the senior team back home. Hoping to get them back better and stronger in the upcoming future.

With this we end up the first round of the tournament along with all eight teams to watch out for in the next round i.e. the quater finals. Wishing them luck up ahead.

Also Read: RCF Premier Cup: Tournament Preview

On 17^th December 2016 RCF Premier Cup will play the quarter-finals with the fixtures as follows:-

4:30 pm – Western Railway v/s ONGC

6:00 pm – Rajra Mines v/s Mumbai Customs

7:15 pm – PIFA v/s Nagpur FC

8:30 pm – Central Railway v/s Air India

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