Vintage Dahisar proved to be too hot for Das Football Academy as a clinical performance from them enabled the team from Dahisar to cross the finishing line. The start looked nervy for both sides who failed to capitalise on each other’s mistakes. The tempo of the game looked slow in the beginning but later reached a new level when Das Footbal Academy had to make a comeback

Both the teams played catch up for the 40 minutes of the 1st half but it was Vintage Dahisar who went ahead in the 45th minute i.e 5 minutes into the second half. Number 14  Nishad Mandalkar came in as a super sub and netted the goal giving Dahisar a very very important lead. Nishad the coach of this Dahisar sqaud lead from the front scoring a lovely goal taking one touch to control the ball and slotting home with another. The story could have been very different had Das Football Academy strikers been clinical.

Das Football Academy boys tried to put up a surging display in the second half after they had conceded. But it was Dahisar who doubled their two goal lead. A vintage goal from number 8 Neelhar Khandagale in the 58th minute took the sting out of the opposition. Any attempts of a comeback was thwarted by this goal as Vintage Dahisar dictated the game with a no nonsense approach for the remainder of the game..

At Fulltime Vintage Dahisar boys rejoiced on an overall clinical performance whereas Das Football Academy will have to plan better for performing well in the competition next season. Everyone at Football Counter congratulates Mr Nishad Mandalkar for his man of the match performance leading from the front and guiding his team to victory.

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Vellakanni Boys’ win was all down to converting the chances they got during the course of the match. Whereas Das Football Academy had themselves to blame not being clinical enough to take their chances.

The first goal came early in the 2nd minute when a lovely buildup from Vellakanni Boys found number 14 Nelson Pereira who made a smart run behind the defense giving them the lead. It was an offside trap from Das Academy which failed to materialize leading to the goal.

At 1-0 down Das Boys tried to create a string of chances which were dealt with calmly by the opposition defense. And just when they looked like equalizing Vellakanni Boys created a wonderful chance of their own through the center again beating the offside trap. The ball was shot onto the outward rushing keeper who made a diving save only for Roger Pereira to tap in the rebound.

At half time the game looked all over but Das Academy Boys were the brighter of the two to start the second half. They kept up the pressure from the right when winger Vishal Bellani cut in only to fire the shot over the top. Das Boys number 10 Parmar looked lovely combining with Vishal Bellani only to shoot wide off the goal. That moment in the game when it looked like they would score Vellankani Boys started a move of their own from the left hand side with Roger Pereira crossing in the ball for a simple tap in for number 23 Revel Kunder to make it 3-0.

It was all Vellakanni Boys after they had scored the third as they went ahead in search of fourth only to be denied by an offside. It has been a season of mixed fortunes for Das Football Academy who failed to capitalize on their chances and had themselves to blame for falling short of the goods. On the other hand the Vellakanni Boys can be proud of a clinical performance playing some neat football and converting their chances

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Football is a game of uncertainty, at whatever level its played, the concept remains the same. A game between Das Football Academy and Utkarsh Mandal was full of twists and turns.

Till the end of the first half Das Football Academy were enjoying a comfortable lead with 2 goals scored by Yash Agre. And then in the second half Utkarsh Mandal turned the tables on Das FA, withing 8 minutes they scored 3 goals via set pieces. Glakson Mascarenhas, Jaqwin Vasaikar, Sidhesh Batawale scored the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd goal respectively.

Edgar Rodrigues played a key role for Utkarsh Mandal, as he bought his team get back in the lead. Later an intresting game of football took a turn for the worse, as tempers frailed between the two teams. Defender Jeril Johnson’s rough tackle on Edgar Rodrigues sparked up a fight between the two players. Referee Kishor Poojari then controlled the incident and decided to show a red card to both. The drama still continued, as substitute Nazir Khan entered on the field and went wild as he started fighting and abusing. The referee made no hesitation in flashing another red card. The onwatching MDFA committee will surely decide action to be taken for such misconducted.

Taking advantage of the situation, Utkarsh mandal then added a 4th as Kaustubh Parkar converted another opportunity. Certainly this win will have boosted Utkarsh Mandal’s hopes and will help them up their performance in the coming matches of this group.

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