This writer witnessed power-packed Five versus Five football action spread across two turfs.

Also, Mr. Hanzel Fernandez’ witticisms from the commentary area had the fans in splits!

As the teams put on a show the one-touch penalty rule caught the eye.

Though Bandra Packers beat Invincibles in the girls final still the men’s semifinals hogged the limelight.

Both semifinals had a display of high-quality attacking football.

The second one stood out as Kalina Rangers beat MYJ in a thriller.

Rangers held their nerve to win a pulsating contest on penalties!

Earlier Joga Bonito beat BBFC in the first semifinal thanks to a superb team effort.

They (Joga) eventually won the final but the real winner was the fantastic advertisement of football!

Dion Menezes (Joga Bonito) was named MVP of the Tournament while Tyson Pereira (who scored two fabulous goals in the quarter-finals against Falcon Brothers) won the tournaments Most Promising Player.

The event was sponsored by Shanthi Kunnj in association with Zars Sports and the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA). The other partners and sponsors were: Monster Energy (Energy Partner); Jean Claude Biguine (Salon & Spa Partner); Kipsta by Decathlon at Atria Mall (Sports Partner); Skyvik (Gift Partner); Shah Steel & Tubes and Prime Sports (Trophy Partners).

Indeed the successful event concluded with vote of thanks to all the participants and sponsors and partners. The organizer also revealed that the number of the tournaments already lined up for the year and this would be a treat to Mumbai football, to connect with Zars follow them on Instagram @zarssports and on Facebook: ZarsSports to stay tuned for more!

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High Flying Falcon Brothers

Falcon Brothers registered a record 10-0 win over hapless Lakers FC in the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) 1st Division league match played at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Tuesday evening.

Lakers FC never expected they would get caught in a ‘goal storm’ when they took to the field in a first division match against the young and energetic Falcon Brothers side. Their two strikers Llyod Vaz and Rohan Thomas jointly scored more than half of the tally of goals, Llyod surely had a magnificent day on the field, grabbing 4 goals (8th ,20th ,55th,59th minute). The nippy left footed Rohan Thomas scored a brace (7th,17th minute), while Clyde Antao 33rd minute, Wayne Oliver 46th minute, Saif Rajwani 50th minute, and Justin Nurupel 68th minute struck a goal each for the winners.

With their recent performance the Mazagaon outfit surely look like a force to reckon with in this Division of the MDFA League

Earlier, in another 2nd division match Young Guns (Vikroli) beat Sachivalaya Gym 3-1, goal scorers for Young guns => 1st goal – Neel Vaz 35th minute, 2nd goal – Ganesh Chaudhari 65th minute, 3rd goal – Sachin Gaikwad 67th minute. Whereas Sachivalaya reduced the margin through Virendra Tandel in 40th minute.

In another 2nd division match Catholic Gym beat Dadar XI ‘B’ 2-1.

Catholic Gym => 1st goal- John Fernandes 8th minute, 2nd goal – Amey Kadam 15th minute
Dadar XI ‘B’ => Rohan Shukla 29th minute

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