After a goalless seventy minutes, the match headed into the penalties where Hirai Suns FC edged Shark FC 4-2.

Shark FC could have scored inside just five minutes when Hitesh Karkera’s looping header came inches away for being in the back of the net.

Shark FC’s star player Anil Pawar was immense for throughout the match. His excellent ball to Prakash Khatti in the 11th minute was hit wide by the latter.

Minutes later, Hirai Suns FC’s Karim Shaikh set Shrikant with a deadly through ball, but the former Air India attacker couldn’t reach in time.

The first-half was all about Anil Pawar. His left footed shot in the 29th minute whispered past the far post. Although Hirai Suns FC’s players did a good job to close down Anil, last night.

In the second half, both the teams had their fair number of chances but couldn’t managed to get past either of the goalkeepers.

In the dying minutes, Shark FC’s Mrunal Tandel saw his shot rattled the bar after Anil Pawar brilliantly set up the number 9 with a delicate cross.

Shark FC’s substitue Walter Liu also came close for the men in blue when his powerful header blazed over the bar. With the score tied at 0-0, the match headed towards the penalties.

Heekmat Singh, Karan Bhoir, Sushil Kawde and Akash Jadhav, all converted their penalties for Hirai Suns FC. Whereas, only Mrunal Tandel and Shailesh Jadhav scored for Shark FC.

Anil Pawar and Ajinkya Umasare’s attempt were brilliantly saved by Hirai Suns FC’s goalkeeper Harshad Meher which sent them through in the final.

Harshad Meher also got away with the player of the match for his heroics in the penalties.

Hirai Suns FC will face Flash FC in the final of Colaba Sports League (CSL) 2016, on Saturday at Cooperage Stadium.

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Flash FC opened the scoring in the 28th minute through Sagar Bedekar’s penalty before Jyoti FC’s marquee player John Coutinho scored the goal of the tournament so far with a thunderous volley from outside the penalty area.

With the match heading towards penalties, Sagar Bedekar scored the winning goal three minutes from time to book Flash FC’s place in the final of CSL 2016.

Jyoti FC started the match aggressively. Their senior player Dharmendra Baria was booked for bringing down Sushant Jadhav before being subbed off moments later to avoid any further booking.

Flash FC’s fantastic counter attacking football earned them a penalty in the 28th minute when Chetan Tandel’s shot was handled inside the box.

Sagar Bedekar stepped up and converted from the spot to give Flash FC a vital lead. Just a minute later, Jyoti FC responded with a thunderous left footed volley from John Coutinho which leveled the score at 1-1.

Earlier in the second-half, Tejas Raut came agonizingly close to put Flash FC’s noses in front with a perfect header from Chetan Tandel’s corner. Tejas’ looping header came inches away from being in the back of the net.

In the 59th minute, Flash FC’s Bhavesh Dhanu found Sagar Bedekar with a looping ball, the latter brilliantly controlled the ball and chipped over Jyoti FC’s Kishan Sulegai only to see his attempted chip sailing over the bar.

A minute later, Jyoti FC’s Captain David D’Souza had a glorious chance to put his side in front when he blazed John Coutinho’s corner over the bar.

With the match heading towards the penalties, Flash FC’s Captain Chetan Tandel set Sagar Bedekar through on goal with a delicate through ball who took his time and curled his shot into the right bottom corner to win it for Hanumanta Narsappa’s side.

There was no coming back for Jyoti FC as they ended a superb campaign with a respectable performance.

John Coutinho got away with the player of the match for his stunning goal.

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Hasmukh Baria’s Jyoti FC inflicted a 4-2 victory over a strong side of Konark, whereas Hirai Suns FC thumped Naaz United 5-1 to progress into the semi-final. Astonishingly, Hirai Suns needed to win by a margin of four goals as Shiv Sagar FC lost 2-0 on Saturday evening. Nagesh Swami’s side did scored five and prevailed into the next stage.

Jyoti FC vs Konark          

Riding on a fantastic hat-trick of junior player Sahil More, Jyoti FC romped Konark 4-2 to top the league with 13 points from seven games. Sahil also became the first player to score a hat-trick in the second edition of Colaba Sports League (CSL).

In the very 6^th minute of the match, Jyoti FC’s senior player Dharmendra Baria set Sahil More with a delicate through ball, the latter took his time and scored past Manoj Meher to take a vital 1-0 lead.

Dharmendra’s through ball to Sahil would put any player in awe, such was the quality of that ball.

Just before the break, Konark’s Navin Negi equalized against the run of play to keep Konark’s hope of qualifying alive. But soon after the break, Sahil More scored two quick goals to complete his hat-trick and increased the lead to three goals to one.

Konark’s Abhishek Ambekar scored a brilliant solo goal from his left foot, leaving Jyoti FC’s goalkeeper Kishan Sulegai with no chance to save it.

Former Mumbai FC attacker John Coutinho scored the final and fourth goal of Jyoti FC to put the tie to bed and qualify as a league leaders.

Sahil More was named as the player of the match for his fine hat-trick.

Hirai Suns vs Naaz United

Needing to win by a margin of four goals to qualify for semis, a goal apiece from Sushil Kawde, Akash Jadhav, Jiten Bhoir, Srikant and Sunny Kasare helped Hirai Suns FC to complete an incredible 5-1 win over Naaz United on Sunday evening.

Naaz United’s Aziz Khan opened the scoring in the 9^th minute to put Naaz United in front before Hirai Suns FC’s Sushil Kawde converted from the spot to level the score four minutes later.

Hirai Suns FC dominated the game since then. Ten minutes after the equalizer, junior player Akash Jadhav’s sublime finish past Manish Shetty put Hirai Suns in front as their hope of qualifying in the semis stayed intact.

On the stroke of the half time, Jiten Bhoir scored against the run of play to turn around the match completely as Hirai went into the break with a two goal lead.

Early in the second half, Srikant poked in a brilliant cross from substitute Sunny Kasare to increase Hirai’s lead to three goals as the boys in orange went on a rampage.

Four minutes later on 48^th minute, Hirai Suns finally got the goal they needed. Srikant’s lob over Manish Shetty was comfortably placed into the back of the net by Sunny Kasare which send Hirai Suns FC into the semi-final, courtesy of more goals scored than Shiv Sagar who were tied with Hirai Suns on same points and goal difference.

Naaz United’s junior player Divyanshu Patil was named as the player of the match.

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Shark FC vs Sanchita FC

Inform player Anil Pawar once again inspired Shark FC as they romped Sanchita FC 2-0 to book their place in the last four. It took Anil just sixteen minutes to open the scoring which has also taken his goals tally to four in the ongoing edition of CSL.

Both the sides had equal number of chances, but Sanchita FC’s poor finishing once again let them down as they failed to convert any of their five chances in front of goal.

Sanchita FC did had a much better possession but it was not enough to break Shark FC’s patience. With fifteen minutes left, Ajinkya Umasare made it 2-0 after a brilliant counter-attacking football from the boys in blue.

Shark FC defended well in the dying minutes, and didn’t allowed Sanchita FC to create any openings to register yet another victory to finish their league campaign on second position.

Anil Pawar once again got away with the player of the match award, his third of the campaign.

Flash FC vs Shiv Sagar FC

Inspired by Captain Tejas Raut’s brilliant performance, Flash FC went on to register a respectful 2-0 victory over Shiv Sagar FC to qualify for the semi-finals, which was played out at Cooperage Stadium on Saturday evening.

Shiv Sagar’s Deepak Kanojia got the first chance of the game when his effort went inches away from the far post. Four minutes later, Tejas Raut opened the scoring for Flash FC after a wonderful strike from outside the box to score his third goal of the campaign.

Flash FC needed a win to book their berth in the semis, and they just did that when Sushant Jadhav’s brilliant free kick was perfectly placed into the back of the net by marquee player Sagar Bedekar on the hour mark.

There was no coming back for Shiv Sagar FC as they bowed out of the campaign with an unlikely loss. Flash FC finished on 4^th to prevail into the next round.

Sushant Jadhav won the player of the match award.

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