Jamal scored off a header in the 89th minute to give Railway the three points. Rahul Rawat’s goal-line clearance denied Veniza a certain goal in the 8th minute. Railways worked the ball around in the first half. It proved experience is always an asset!

Veniza missed Shantanu Gaikwad up front as they laboured through the first half. Gaikwad could’ve given them the much-needed thrust in attack! Hafiz Khan couldn’t latch on to Siddharth Kamat’s pinpoint through ball and missed a good scoring opportunity.

Jamal had two good opportunities to put the game to bed in the first half. The strategy of feeding the ball to Jamal clearly wasn’t working! As Hafiz Khan’s brilliant overhead kick hit the bar in the 41st minute…Railways pounded on the doorstep!

Railways were unlucky not to score and Veniza lucky not to concede in a goalless first half. Veniza was sprightly as they created pressure in the second. Jayesh Amuthan carved open the Railway defence with pinpoint passing. The offside trap nullified half a dozen scoring opportunities!

Railway custodian Uzair Ansari pulled off a blinder of a save in the 82nd minute off Amuthan.

Jamal pooped the party as he scored late on to break Veniza hearts!

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Aishwarya Palekar and Charles Fernandes netted a fine brace, whereas, Gaurav More and Krupesh Sherwade score one goal each for Bank of India. Meanwhile, Asif Jamal scored the lone goal for Central Railway MD.

Bank of India came into this match with a 1-0 victory against Chheda Nagar and produced a much better performance to nail down their counterpart.

Aishwarya Palekar opened the scoring in the 34th minute with a fine finish when Shankar Thakur set him up with a delicate ball. Shankar eventually managed to set three goals yesterday who was eventually one of the best players on the field alongside Aishwarya.

The second goal came just five minutes into the second-half when Charles Fernandes scored a brilliant goal which was once again assisted by Shankar. Three minutes later, Charles made it 3-0 after Aishwarya’s pinpoint cross was latched on by the number 8.

With 15 minutes left, Aishwarya doubled his lead as he combined with Shankar to increase Bank of India’s lead by four goals. Gaurav More and Krupesh Sherwade scored the final two goals which were equally fine goals to register an empathic 6-1 victory.

Shankar’s three assists and Aishwarya’s two goals and two assists stood out on top as Bank of India ran out as winners, yet again.

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Reuben D’Souza struck brace whereas Linekar Machado, Anil Pawar and Ravikant Naidu scored apiece for the Westerners. Meanwhile for Central Railway, Rashid Shaikh and Karim Shaikh got on the score sheet, which proved not more than consolation goals.

Western Railway got an early lead when Striker Reuben D’Souza volleyed home on the 6th minute. The volley was good enough to bury into the back of the net. Although Central Railway replied in their own way on the 19th minute when Striker Rashid Shaikh found himself at the end of a beautiful strings of passes, who showed great composure in the box went on to level the score with a sweet finish.

But Western Railway struck back a minute later to restore the parity. Ex Shillong Lajong attacker Linekar Machado scored a scorcher from distance as his shot went past the hapless goalkeeper into the back of the net. The free flow attacking football by Western Railway proved too superior for Central Railway.

Western Railway’s Somi almost scored on the brink of the first-half, not once but twice. His powerful shot from outside the box whispered past the left hand post just before his looping header sailed over the bar. But just when Central Railway thought they are gaining the momentum, Western Railway scored another.

Anil Pawar found Reuben D’Souza across the goal with a low cross, who comfortably poked the low cross into the empty net to give Western Railway a 3-1 lead at half-time.

Western Railway continued their impressive form in the second-half as on the 46th minute Anil Pawar brilliantly chipped over Central Railway’s goalkeeper Shibu to put the tie to bed. It got worse for Central Railway 15 minutes later when Ravikant Naidu tore apart the defense on his own and scored a wonderful goal to add Western Railway’s 5th goal of the evening.

Central Railway’s Karim Shaikh cut short the deficit to three goals 9 minutes later but it hardly made any difference as Western Railway enjoyed a memorable 5-2 win over their rivals.

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After a dull first-half, RCF’s Troy Nunes finally got the breakthrough in the second-half to lead his side to a memorable win against Central Railway.

Both the teams came into the match for a much needed win which would take them out of danger zone. The first-half was a dull half, where RCF and Central Railway not created a single geniune chance of scoring.

In the final-third, somehow both the outfit managed to keep each other’s attacking spearheads at bay. This led to a goalless first-half between RCF and Central Railway.

In the second-half,  the match finally became lively. The tempo of both the sides increased as the match started to progress. It was none other than Troy Nunes who opened the scoring on the 65th minute for RCF.

Kevin Patrick and Arving Kanojia had a fantastic link-up play in the final third, where Kevin brilliantly set up Troy with a precise through ball. Troy took his time and slot his effort past the Central Railway’s goalkeeper Pradip Kumar.

Central Railway pushed their players forward in order to get the equalizer. On the 88th minute of the match Central Railway’s Sumesh Nair put a dangerous ball into the box through a free kick, which was headed just wide by Ariz Qureshi who was left unmarked.

Troy could have got his second of the game in the last minute, but his right footed shot from the edge of the box went just wide off the left hand post.

RCF held their nerves in the last stages of the game to register an incredible win

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Ajinkya Nalavade broke the deadlock in the second-half, when he tapped in Aziz Qureshi’s cross into the empty net to put Central Railway in front. But two quick goals from Central Bank of India (CBI) helped them to take the lead as Russel Galbano and Deep Moorjani scored for the Bankers. But substitute Rashid Shaikh’s late header for Central Railway denied CBI all three points.

Both the outfit were hapless in front of the goal for the first fourty-five minutes, a series of chances were wasted by Central Railway and Central Bank of India (CBI).

Midway into the first-half, Central Railway’s Aziz Qureshi came close to get his name on the scoresheet when his right footed drive was well saved by CBI’s custodian Siddarth Lavande.

Minutes later, Central Railway’s central midfielder Shafique found Sajandeep Singh with a delightful pass, but the latter failed to get behind the defense line, as the linesman raised his offside flag.

Central Railway’s goalkeeper Pradip Kumar almost cost his side a goal when he spilled Andrew Burthelo cross on which Deep Moorjani pounced on and saw his loose effort going just wide off the post.

On 51st minute, it was Central Railway who got the lead when Ajinkya Nalavade tapped a fantastic cross from Aziz Qureshi into the back of the net to give the Railways a vital lead.

Five minutes later, CBI’s John Fernandes came close to equalize when he saw his header being saved by Pradip Kumar. Although CBI’s hard work finally paid off on the 67th minute.

Russel Galbano squeezed past three Central Railways defender into the box, only to get fouled by Manoj Yadav. The referee awarded to the spot and Russel easily buried his spot kick into the right bottom corner to make it 1-1.

Ten minutes later, CBI took a surprising lead. Andrew Barthelo’s cross was met by Deep Morjani, who comfortably poked it into the back of the net to give CBI the lead for the first time in the match.

But Central Railway bounce back with a equalizer four minutes later. Sajandeep Singh’s excellent cross was headed in by substitute Rashid Shaikh to make the score 2-2.

Both the team held their nerves in the dying minutes to share the points.

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Arihi Uchela started for Suresh Mendon’s side after beeing in and out of the team and repaid the faith shown in him by his coach as he fired KSA in front in just the 16th minute with a well taken goal. KSA looked the sharper of the two sides throughout the half, but didn’t make the decisive openings to run home their superiority.

After an even last few minutes of the first half, KSA made it 2-0 on the stroke of half time as Max Hanlen send his shot into the back of the net to completely have KSA in the driver’s seat at half time.

However things became interesting in the second half when an improved Central Railways outfit pulled a goal back in the 60th minute through Sumesh Nair and set up a cracking last thirty minutes. But KSA’s Nigerian hitman had other ideas and restored KSA’s two goal cushion five minutes later with a superb center forwards goal.

Central Railways then had to chase the game hard and left spaces for KSA to further increase their lead and they did just that in the 85th minute when KSA’s Arihi Uchela completed his hat-trick. But it was to get better for KSA as Patrick Mascarenhas made it more comprehensive for KSA by adding a fifth goal which completely decimated Central Railways.

It was yet another top performance from KSA as the goals once again flew for the men in red and white stripes. Arihi Uchela once again proved that he remains the best forward at the club after he scored the second hat-trick in the MDFA Elite Division, with the first one coming against Central Bank of India last season.

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