Savin Fernando opened the scoring in the 51st minute for D.K Pharma against the run of play to put them in front. Three minutes later, Cloudious Fernandes leveled the score after George Lawrence stole the match with a fine goal in the 68th minute of the match.

D.K Pharma had a fine game but couldn’t match up Borivilians Steadfast’s intensity as they blew up their lead soon after Savin opened the scoring for D.K Pharma.

Cloudious brilliantly headed in Alok Thakur’s fine corner to level the score before George Lawrence snapped up the winner few minutes from the final whistle.

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Dadar XI came into this match against DK Pharma knowing a win would help them qualify for the play-offs. Riding high on their win from the previous game.

Dadar boys were very quick to go in search of a goal from the very first minute. And they found the target in 7th minute when Mohan Bhandari netted giving them the lead. As the game progressed the game became even as DK Pharma looked for their equaliser that would put them back into the game. Number 14 Bhushan Patil made a run down the left cutting the right back before taking a right footed shot. The shot was on target and the Dadar keeper got a hand to it sending it out for a corner.

Another opportunity came few minutes later when Number 11 Tanuj Rathod did extremely well to beat the offside trap from the freekick before heading the ball wide of the left post. A very good chance to make it 1-1 that went begging. Number 14 Bhushan had a series of chances two of them coming very close to the end of the half. He did very well to beat his marker going down the right before dragging a cross which was saved by the keeper. The second glorious chance came moments later when a cross from the right back was headed goalwards only for the keeper to save it on the line. Dadar XI lead 1-0 at halftime but DK Pharma offered a fight going into haltime.

In the second half Dadar remained very organised keeping their defensive shape inviting pressure only to start a host of counter attacks. And one of them lead to the freekick which doubled their lead. Mohan Bhandari timed his run very well before taking a shot at goal into the right bottom corner. A much needed two goal cushion in the 79th minute. Any attempts from DK Pharma to get back into the game were thwarted by an astute Dadar XI defense.

The win means Dadar XI qualify for the MDFA First division playoffs in style. Mohan Bhandari could have scored a hattrick only for his runs to let him down as he was flagged offside many times. But nevertheless a complete team performance in a match they needed to win to qualify.

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In the 40 minutes of the first-half, neither side created a genuine goalscoring chances inside the first-25 minutes and the scoreline remained at 0-0. Although, D.K. Pharma enjoyed a dominant first-half display, which saw them rule a large share of attacking chances created throughout the first-40 minutes. Almost toying with the Chheda Nagar’s midfield, at times, D.K. Pharma eclipsed their opponents in every department, but completely overshadowed their overall display with a miserable – and occasionally,  misfortunate – display in front of the goal.

Chheda Nagar, rarely had a chance at their disposal to convert, and on one such occasion, Ferdinand D’Cruz missed-out to convert the opportunity minutes before the half-time whistle. D.K. Pharma might consider themselves unlucky for not going into the half-time break with an advantage, but having failed to convert any half or real chance – despite having possessed a controlling stake in the first-half there was only room for improvement in the second-half of the game; not only from D.K. Pharma, but also Chheda Nagar (Fan).

At the start of the second-half, it was Chedda Nagar, who created the first-chance of the second-half, but as the half progressed D.K. Pharma took charge, again.

Nearly all of D.K. Pharma’s good-work overall came from their coach who was hollering to his players, timely, each and every instruction, to which his team responded with equal effect. But, even the coach couldn’t stand the frustratingly poor decisions and passes his side made in the final-third.

As the second-half reached its final-stages, the frustration grew more than ever with neither side improving on their poor first-half displays.  The game ended on a frustrating-note for D.K. Pharma while, Chheda Nagar would’ve been satisfied with a draw in a game in which they never really took-off.

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