The timing of the trials is 07:15 am. The eligibility for the trials is that the players must have played competitive football which includes Super Division, University Football and Junior State Maharashtra.

Dena Bank has been regular in Super Division and they consist a number of terrific players from Mumbai.

For further details, you can contact: Milind Palkar Contact no. +917021727724 and +919869423449, Aazar Ansari Contact no. +919892222663 and +919920888347.

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Apart from Worchuipei Kashung’s fine hat-trick, Niyaz Patel also got on the scoresheet. Worchuipei’s first goal came in the 11th minute when Sunil Mane assisted him with a fine pass, the number 8 didn’t make any mistake to bury his shot in the back of the net.

Twenty minutes later Worchuipei scored his second goal of the game after Akash Jain send him clean on goal, and the former calmly finished it to make it 2-0. In the second-half, Niyaz Patel made it 3-0 with a stunning strike which was assisted by Zungshopam.

Worchuipei Kashung completed his hat-trick in the stoppage time which was the final goal of the match. The whole game was dominated by Century Rayon but Dena Bank did have a good game too, it was just not their day as Kashung decided to run riot.

Dena Bank’s finishing was poor which was one of the reasons they were not able to open their account.

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Union Bank of India 5-0 West Zone United

A stellar display from Union Bank of India left West Zone United speechless after thumping the Super Division side 5-0 in their one sided clash at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel.

A goal each by Rohel Shaikh, Leander Dharmai, Vinod Pandey, Mohammad Ishaq and Digvijay Yadav send the Elite Division side into the last eight, which will be played tomorrow.

HDFC 2-0 Century Rayon

Century Rayon suffered a shock defeat as they went down 2-0 against a clinical HDFC side. Jisto Fonseca and Leroy Almeida scored for HDFC which proved to be enough to prevail into the next round.

Century Rayon did played well, but they were not upto the mark in the attacking third which came back to haunt them later.

Air India 0-0 Dena Bank (Air India wins 4-2 on penalties) 

Air India, the giants of Mumbai Football had to go through penalty shootout in order to defeat a determined Dena Bank side.

At the end of the normal time, both the teams were goalless which took the match into penalties, and it was Air India who held their nerves to qualify for the quarter-finals stage.

It was Dena Bank’s goalkeepr Asif Ansari’s brilliant saves and reflexes which kept the score goalless, although Asif failed to emulate the same display in the penalty shootout.

Dena Bank missed two of their penalties, whereas Air India converted all the four penalties with Shravan Shetty scoring the deciding one.

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A very well diciplined performance from the policemen was their passport to the final where they face the high flying Air India U19 team who beat Mumbai Strikers 4-1 in their semi final match one day before. Amey Bhatkal’s heroics inspired the Air India comeback.

M.S.Police had a daunting task facing an undefeated Dena Bank side who managed to top their play off group. Anything short of perfect would have proved costly against the in form Dena Bank squad. And they had a dream start as their in form striker Nimket Dembre put them in front. A closely contested half saw the policemen hold their one goal lead. At halftime M.S.Police lead 1-0

The second half began in favor of M.S.Police as Swapnil Mane doubled their lead in the 49th min. From then on it looked like they had won the match. But Dena Bank fightback began and it was in the 80th minute, when Aazar Ansari netted the goal making it Dena Bank 1-2 M.S.Police. With 10 minutes to go, the match went through a cliff hanger. But it was Nimket Dembre who netted the all important third goal in stoppage time for the policemen securing the two goal cushion.

M.S.Police now face Air India u19 in the final of the MDFA Super Division for the title.

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After a topsy-turvy week, we have finally managed to reach the day where Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) semi finals will be played at Poinsur gymkhana, Kandivali.

Football Counter brings to you an exclusive round up article of all the results that took place over the week in the build up to the semi finals. All the 8 teams were divided in a group of 4 each with groups being called Group X and Group Y.

Group X consisted of M.S.Police , DECA, Mumbai Strikers and Millat FC whereas Group Y incorporated Air India U-19, Mumbai FC U-19, Dena Bank and Sellebrity SC

Day 1 of the playoff saw Group X in action. DECA taking on Mumbai Strikers and M.S.Police facing off against Millat FC. DECA manged to edge Mumbai Strikers by one goal to nil while M.S.Police beat Millate FC by 2-0

Day 2 had Group Y  matches. Sellebrity SC’s clash with Air India U19 and Dena Bank going head to head against Mumbai FC U19. Air India U19 beat Sellebrity SC by 2-0. Dena Bank were 3-1 victors over Mumabi FC U19.

Day3 : Group X

M.S.Police 2-0 DECA

Mumbai Strikers 3-0 Millat FC

Day 4: Group Y

Dena Bank 5-2 Sellebrity SC

Air India U19 2-1 Mumbai FC U19

Day 5: Group X decider

Mumbai Strikers faced M.S Police to determine the winner of group X. It was Mumbai Strikers who defeated  M.S.Police by 3-1 to top the group X qualifying for the semi finals.

Group 6: Group Y decider

Dena Bank and Air India U19 locked horns to determine the group winner of group Y. It was Dena Bank who managed to edge Air India U19 by 1-0 topping group Y.

There you go guys. A roller coaster of 6 days and it still does not end here as everyone of us is waiting for the winner to emerge

Semi final 1: Mumbai Strikers vs Air India U19

Semi final 2: Dena Bank vs M.S.Police

See you all at he Poinsur gymkhana ground for the all exciting semi final matches

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Dena Bank came into the game unbeaten in the group and very high on confidence in contrast to Rhema who were looking to put a 2-0 defeat against Century Rayon behind.

Rhema SF started the better of the two teams as they looked to press early leaving no spaces in the midfield. Dena Bank soaked up alot of pressure before creating chances of their own. Number  10 Arfaat Ansari headed wide from number 12 Darshan Ghadge’s cross. A glorious chance to take the lead. And they missed another shot at goal when a ball coming in from the freekick was fired across an open goal from number 9 Guruprasad Borhade. Two very good chances gone down the drains.

Rhema were very quick to capitalise on this as a corner at the other end was converted by number 19 Suraj Bhagat in the 35th minute. Against the run of play Rhema lead 1-0 at halftime. They ended the half very strong and didnot allow Dena Bank to get over them.

Dena bank came out very strong looking for the equaliser. But Rhema were clinical to round off their second goal just 2 minutes into the second half. A howler in defense as the Rhema player chipped the keeper only for defenders who failed to clear it, number 17 Sunny Sanjay pounced on the error to make it 2-0. 47 minutes into the game Rhema lead 2-0 keeping Dena Bank at bay and very nearly made it 3-0.

Dena Bank began their comeback from the 55th minute when number 10 Arfaat Ansari made a lovely run down the right before netting the goal making it 2-1. The pressure from Dena Bank started to increase after their goal as they looked to build on this. And got their equaliser in the 79th minute when Ansari Al-Umair chipped a lovely ball over the top with the keeper finding his feet to make it 2-2. Game on and we were in for a nerve wrecking final 10 minutes. The comeback was complete in the 90th minute when Arfaat Ansari made a lung bursting run down the left to lob it past the keeper in the bottom right corner make it 3-2 in favour of Dena Bank.

That was one of the comebacks of this season’s MDFA league as Dena Bank maintained their unbeaten run. Rhema SF played very well for most of the game  but the equaliser to the sting out of the team as they let in the third goal.

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