Aryaman Sapre ran the show in midfield for West Zone and was a bundle of energy!

West Zone almost had a goal in the 25th minute when Sanket Goswami failed to connect to Sapre’s cross from the right. It was right inside the box and could’ve been a goal!

West Zone had the majority of possession in the first half with Sapre having had a couple of chances from long range.

The first half finished goalless with  West Zone unlucky not to have scored despite having a clutch of chances.

Come the second half and Krishna Patil hit a blaster from outside the box in the 47th minute which whizzed past the left post!

As West Zone piled on the pressure!…ICL ‘A’ was hanging on by the skin of their teeth!

They didn’t have much of the ball and struggled to make an impact throughout the game.

Karan Khanna eventually broke the deadlock for West Zone in the 55th minute with a superb goal. The floodgates had opened!

Advait Garde later made it 2-0 with an exquisite chip over the on rushing goalkeeper and ensured that West Zone was going home with the three points.

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Nico and Manish Shetty scored twice and Michael Idewele and Asadul Khan found the net in the 6-1 rout. Rohan D’Cunha’s 40th-minute goal was the sole positive for ICL ‘A’. Payyade dominated from start to finish in what was effectively a one-sided contest.

Idewele was the lynchpin in attack as he tormented ICL ‘A’ with his pace and vision. Nico and Idewele combined to form a lethal partnership as they created numerous goalscoring chances. Payyade drew first blood as Shetty’s deflected shot went in in the 21st minute.

The ICL ‘A’ defence creaked at the seams! D’Cunha took advantage of a goalkeeping error and equalized. Nico scored in the 47th minute and restored Payyade’s lead to burst the bubble of optimism. The first half was 2-1 to Payyade.

Payyade unleashed a goal blitz as Idewele and Nico scored in the 50th and 52 minutes respectively. As Shetty made it 5-1 in the 66th minute…Payyade had bulldozed through the opposition!

Bishow Thapa impressed with quicksilver dribbling and was a joy to watch. As the Payyade goalkeeper cleared Kunal Mane’s lob off the line…ICL ‘A’ knew it just wasn’t their day!

Asadul Khan slammed home a goal in the 89th minute to put the icing on the cake!

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An early chance missed as the white team kicked off the game at 3:50 pm but the opponent snatched the ball possession well in the 5^th minute that was found in the feet of Ajay Kahar who drove the ball with a powerful shot from inside the box but went by just above the cross bar.

What a miss! As the white team earned the ball possession again in the 13^th minute Navin D. Negl played some tricks on the left flank crossing the ball into the box which met Fahim Munshi who missed to fire a header from near the right-hand post.

Again, an open goal scoring chance couldn’t be capitalised, as a lovely through ball by Fahim Munshi found Navin D. Negl this time who had cut passed the keeper but the ball went trailing faster before he could strike it on the target and hits it out of play in the 15^th minute.

Half time score ICL – A 0-0 Madanpura S.C.

In the 66^th minute, Nikhil Poddar pushed a green team player from behind who had a perfect chance to score a goal yet concluded in a penalty. Talha Shaikh stepped on to make it 1-0 for the Madanpura S.C.

A Substitution in the 70^th minute got Sunny F. Pereira up front in place of Krunal N. Shellar.

An equaliser in the 76^th minute, as a struggling strike from Smith Koli  for the team in white made it all square and also was seen to be the last goal of the game as the full-time score went on to be ICL – A 1-1 Madanpura S.C

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ICL-A have been under scrutiny following their controversial incident few weeks back. But they had a play off match to play and silence the critics as they looked to build their way to the semi final of the 1st Division play-off.

And they were handed a brilliant start when Sudip headed home the goal from a free-kick early in the first half. The entire team were on the attack which caused a panic in the Alphonso defense and lead to a free-kick. Alphonso then rose into the game with a string of attacks down the left. They were instrumental in going forward except the finishing where they missed a few chances. ICL-A were quick to capitalize on these mistakes as number 17 Siddhesh Tambekar scored the second. That gave ICL a two goal cushion. Heading into half time they lead by 2-0.

In the second half, Alphonso Academy were rejuvanated as they looked to make a comeback and almost did so when they got a goal back. Any chance of an equalizer were thwarted by ICL defending as the team maintained its shape at the back. With final few minutes remaining Alphonso Academy committed men forward but failed to bring out anything from it.

ICL-A truimphed 2-1 against a spirited Alphonso Academy side who gave nothing away except two moments in the first half. There is still some way to go before we conclude with the first division playoff semi finalists. Stay tuned for more on footballcounter.com

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ICL ‘A’ were rescued by Vibhor Sharma who’s equalizing goal just before the final whistle leveled the score at 2-2 in a close encounter against Sea View of Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) 1st division league, played at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Monday.

ICL were leading in the 11th minute with a goal by Shane Menezes, but Sea view’s Pratik Patil got one back for Sea View just two minutes before the lemon break. It was a wake up call for Sea View and that’s exactly what happened, after just 5 minutes of play in the 2nd half they got a 2-1 lead with the help of Saurabh Gajra. ICL ‘A’ were trying hard to get an equalizer that finally come through Vibhor Sharma’s late goal at the end in 80th minute just before the final whistle could be blown.

In another 2nd division match, I.C.United & Air-India settled for goalless draw at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.

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