This writer witnessed power-packed Five versus Five football action spread across two turfs.

Also, Mr. Hanzel Fernandez’ witticisms from the commentary area had the fans in splits!

As the teams put on a show the one-touch penalty rule caught the eye.

Though Bandra Packers beat Invincibles in the girls final still the men’s semifinals hogged the limelight.

Both semifinals had a display of high-quality attacking football.

The second one stood out as Kalina Rangers beat MYJ in a thriller.

Rangers held their nerve to win a pulsating contest on penalties!

Earlier Joga Bonito beat BBFC in the first semifinal thanks to a superb team effort.

They (Joga) eventually won the final but the real winner was the fantastic advertisement of football!

Dion Menezes (Joga Bonito) was named MVP of the Tournament while Tyson Pereira (who scored two fabulous goals in the quarter-finals against Falcon Brothers) won the tournaments Most Promising Player.

The event was sponsored by Shanthi Kunnj in association with Zars Sports and the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA). The other partners and sponsors were: Monster Energy (Energy Partner); Jean Claude Biguine (Salon & Spa Partner); Kipsta by Decathlon at Atria Mall (Sports Partner); Skyvik (Gift Partner); Shah Steel & Tubes and Prime Sports (Trophy Partners).

Indeed the successful event concluded with vote of thanks to all the participants and sponsors and partners. The organizer also revealed that the number of the tournaments already lined up for the year and this would be a treat to Mumbai football, to connect with Zars follow them on Instagram @zarssports and on Facebook: ZarsSports to stay tuned for more!

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Meanwhile, defending champions U.K. United fell by the wayside going down rather tamely 1-6 to last year’s runners-up Bodyline FC in another one-sided women’s contest. The highlight of the match was the hat-trick notched up by Levanha Samuel, while teammates, Tricia Collaco, Kimberly Fernandes and Prajakta Tambekar chipped in with one each to help Bodyline complete the win and in the process avenge their defeat in the previous edition. Ayesha Rawat got the consolation goal for the United outfit.

In men’s action for the Darryl Crasto Memorial Trophy, defending champs Kalina Trashers crashed out in the second round going down 0-1 to Autonomous FC, who recently won the Bandra Gym title. Autonomous scored the all-important winning goal through Dwit Armarkar’s efforts.

Meanwhile, former champions Joga Bonita snatched a close 2-1 win over Mighty Young Joe, Malad to advance to the third round. Joshua Fernandes and Johnson D’Silva were on target with a goal each for Bonita, while Tyson Pereira got the lone goal for the losers.

Bombastic FC had things much their own way to cruise to a comfortable 2-0 win against Dazzling Stars in another men’s second round match. Opportunistic scorer Roger Fernandes netted both the goals to seal 2) beat 0.

Results – Men Open for Darryl Crasto Memorial Trophy (2^nd round): Joga Bonita 2 (Joshua Fernandes, Johnson D’Silva) beat Mighty Young Joe, Malad 1(Tyson Pereira); Parle United 3(Gerard Pereira, Semon D’Souza, VikasNarkar) beat Gunners FC  2 (Harmeet Vig 2); Autonomous FC 1(Dwit Armarkar) beat Kalina Thrashers 0; Uncle’s Kitchen Malad 1 (Colllin Abranches) beat Glorian FC 0; Carmelites SC 2 (Cedric Pinto 2) beat Soccer Raiders 1(Raju Gilatar);  Kalina Village Boys 2 (ZeeshanShaikh, Joshua Vessoakar) beat SKC Vasai 0; Boca Juniors 2(Scott D’Souza 2) beat Xavierites FC 0; Bombastic FC 2 (Roger Fernandes 2) beat Dazzling Stars 0.

Veteran’s Men for the Neville D’Souza Memorial Trophy (1^st round): Central Railway Mumbai Division 5 (Chirag Shaikh 2, Navin Bansode 2, Abdul S.) beat Beach Boys, Santa Cruz 0; State Bank of India 6 (Lawrence Fernandes 3, Bosco D’Souza 2, Santosh More) beat Sahar United 1(Sudhir Talekar); Mumbai Boxers 4 (Arif Ansari 2, Fazal Sheikh,Salim Sheikh) beat ABC Malad 0.

Women for the Dereyk DeSouza Memorial Trophy (1st round): Bodyline FC 6 (Levanha Samuel 3, Tricia Collaco, Kimberly Fernandes, Prajakta Tambekar) beat UK United 1(Ayesha Rawat);  Bandra Packers 4 (NamrataThakur 3, Snehal Manchkar) beat Sea View SC 0.

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