Keivan D’Silva scored for Mogaveera in normal time while Tushar Poojary got the equalizer for Satya Vijaya to force the game into the penalty shootout duel. In the tie-breaker Keivan D’Silva, Hitesh Karkera,Siddharth Puthran and Prakyath Shetty succeeded in scoring for Mogaveera. Satya Vijaya could only convert two penalty kicks through Tushar Poojary and Franco D’Souza.

Earlier in the third place game, Union Sports Club rallied to overcome Mangalore Blues by a 6-3 margin via the tie-breaker. The match finished in a 1-1 draw.

The champs Mogaveera SC received the handsome Late Shri Ramanath Payyade Trophy and a cash award of Rs 50,000 from Chief Guest, Mundappa Payyade and Guests of Honour, Gaurav Payyade along with former International footballer P. Manoharan. Satya Vijaya received the runners-up trophy and a cash prize of Rs 40,000. Union SC who finished third and fourth placed Mangalore Blues were presented with a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and 10,000 respectively.

Rohit Poojary and Hitesh Karkera, both from Mogaveera SC, were declared as the ‘Best goalkeeper and Best defender respectively. The ‘Best midfielder and Best forward’ award went to Kevin D’Souza of Mangalore Blues and Tushar Poojary of Satya Vijaya SC, while Ravish D’Souza of Union Sports Club won the prize as the highest scorer in tournament. All received cash awards.

Third place: Union Sports Club 6 (Ravish D’Souza 2, Ryan Thomas, Arnold Mascarenhas, Akshay Devadiga, Abhijit Shetty) beat Mangalore Blues SC 3 (Joshua Almeida, Aaron Machado, Mujaffar) via the tie-breaker. Full-time – 1-1.

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Indian Navy started their season on a high note where they won five straight games to strengthen their position in the standings whereas defending champions Air India took time to settle. There has been close to over 200 goals scored so far, let’s look at the ‘Top five goalscorers in the MDFA Elite Division’ this season.

5. Malemnganba Meitei (Mumbai FC) – 5 goals

Mumbai FC’s new signing Malemnganba Meitei from Bengaluru FC proved to be a jackpot as the Manipur born attacking midfielder scored five goals in as many matches in the Elite Division. His pace is what defenders are worried about. His quick feet, dribbling and decision making has made him one of Mumbai FC’s best signing this season.

Meitei’s first goal came against Union Bank of India in the MDFA Elite Division from a close range header ,which was his debut match for Mumbai FC. This match also proved to be Mumbai FC’s first win of the Elite Division as they floored Union Bank of India 5-2. In the very next match, the 23 year old midfielder once again found the back of the net where Mumbai FC thrashed Central Railway 5-0.

Metei’s best performance came against PIFA Colaba on 6th November, 2015 where he not only scored twice but also provided Mumbai FC’s third goal. His fifth and final goal for Mumbai FC came recently in a match against RCF where the ‘Mumbaikars’ registered a 5-1 win.

4. Parminder Singh (ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) – 6 goals

ONGC who are sitting right behind defending champions Air India and Mumbai FC in the standings so far has a very strong attacking side, inspired from Enock Annan and Parminder Singh, the last season’s runner-up has displayed some of the best performances this season.

Their key player Parminder Singh has already made his mark this season with five goals so far. Parminder opened his goal tally with a sublime strike against Kenkre FC on 20th September, 2015 at Cooperage where ONGC had to settle for a draw.

The number 11 didn’t scored in the next three games, but on 2nd November, 2015 against G.M Sports Parminder Singh was nothing short of perfection as he found the back of the net four times with ONGC defeating GM Sports 8-2 in a goal-fest at Cooperage Stadium.

Parminder’s sixth and final goal came against PIFA Colaba on 30th December, 2015.

3. Cletus Paul (Mumbai FC) – 6 goals

Another new signing for Mumbai FC quickly adapted to Mumbai’s game plan and managed to score six goals in the process which includes one hat-trick. Like his teammate Malemnganba Meitei even Cletus scored in his debut match against Union Bank of India. Although he bagged a brace.

Cletus has been quite threatening in the box, his aerial abilities and first touch has impressed head coach Khalid Jamil who has started Cletus Paul in most of the matches.

After failing to score in the next two games, Cletus came into the act as he bagged a fine hat-rick against Karnataka Sports Association (KSA) on 13th November, 2015 at Cooperage Stadium as Mumbai FC ran out 5-2 as victors.

Cletus sixth goal came against Central Bank of India in a 3-0 win after a thunderous goal which buried in the back of the net.

2. Taisuke Matsugae (Mumbai FC) – 6 goals

Mumbai FC’s third player who made it to the list with Malemnganba Meitei and Cletus Paul. The Japanese sensation is also Mumbai’s Captain and has already proved his management with some astonishing performance so far.

The 33 year old Japanese has scored six goals and provided more than five times in the ongoing Elite Division and also inspired Mumbai FC to win Nadkarni Cup 2015. Taisuke scored in the very first match against Union Bank of India in a 5-2 victory and bagged another goal against Central Railway.

Taisuke’s next goal came against Karnataka Sports Association where Mumbai FC registered a 5-2 victory, inspired from Cleus Paul’s fine hat-trick. The number 11 got his name on the score-sheet against Central Bank of India and RCF, where he bagged a brace to help Mumbai FC win 5-1.

Taisuke has been a fan favorite since he joined Mumbai FC. His injury time header against Bharat FC in I-League last season has made him a star in Mumbai.

1. Arihi Uchela (KSA – Karnataka Sports Association) – 8 goals

The top scorer of the ongoing Elite Division is Karnataka Sports Association’s Arihi Uchela who has found the back of the net eight times so far which includes two sensational hat-tricks.

After a fine season with Karnataka Sports Association last season, the lanky striker continued his fine form with some brilliant individual performances.

Arihi’s hat-rick in the second match of the season against G.M Sports itself made his name earlier in the season. KSA went on to win the game 4-1 which will be surely not forgotten by Arihi Uchela and his teammates. After failing to find the net in the next two games, Arihi scored in a 4-1 win against RCF on 7th November, 2015 at Cooperage Stadium.

Unfortunately Karnataka Sports Association had to suffer a defeat against Mumbai FC in the very next match where Arihi Uchela scored the second goal in a 5-2 loss. After once again failing to score against Indian Navy, Arihi Uchela came back strongly against Central Railway.

On 7th December, 2015 Arihi Uchela proved to be unstoppable as he bagged another hat-trick for Karnataka Sports Association in a 5-1 demolition against the Railways. This was Arihi’s second hat-trick of the season which no other player has achieve to do so this season.

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Arihi Uchela started for Suresh Mendon’s side after beeing in and out of the team and repaid the faith shown in him by his coach as he fired KSA in front in just the 16th minute with a well taken goal. KSA looked the sharper of the two sides throughout the half, but didn’t make the decisive openings to run home their superiority.

After an even last few minutes of the first half, KSA made it 2-0 on the stroke of half time as Max Hanlen send his shot into the back of the net to completely have KSA in the driver’s seat at half time.

However things became interesting in the second half when an improved Central Railways outfit pulled a goal back in the 60th minute through Sumesh Nair and set up a cracking last thirty minutes. But KSA’s Nigerian hitman had other ideas and restored KSA’s two goal cushion five minutes later with a superb center forwards goal.

Central Railways then had to chase the game hard and left spaces for KSA to further increase their lead and they did just that in the 85th minute when KSA’s Arihi Uchela completed his hat-trick. But it was to get better for KSA as Patrick Mascarenhas made it more comprehensive for KSA by adding a fifth goal which completely decimated Central Railways.

It was yet another top performance from KSA as the goals once again flew for the men in red and white stripes. Arihi Uchela once again proved that he remains the best forward at the club after he scored the second hat-trick in the MDFA Elite Division, with the first one coming against Central Bank of India last season.

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Union SC dominated the game, playing a high tempo game Union could have scored more.

Union SC came into the match after a sensational 12-0 win in their last match. They started the match where they left. On the 4th minute, Union’s Akshay Devadiga tried to curl his free kick into the top corner but his sailed over the bar.

Minute later, Union’s Ryan Thomas lashed a powerful shot from range, but once again it went past the post.

Jai Hind’s goalkeeper kept them in the game with some brilliant reflexes. On the 16th minute, the goalkeeper made two back to back saves to deny Sunil Peddamalli and Akshay Devadiga.

Although three minutes later, Union SC finally broke the deadlock. Striker Ravish D’Souza cuts inside and burried his left footed drive into the bottom corner, to give Union SC a deserving lead.

Three minutes later, Ravish D’Souza made it 2-0 to put Union SC in drivers seat. His fantastic shot proved too good for Jai Hind’s goalkeeper as he saw his shot sailing past him.

In the second-half, Jai Hind’s goalkeeper once again made two fantastic back to back saves to deny Union SC their third goal.

Ravish D’Souza’s right footed shot was saved by the goalkeeper and felt into Sunil’s way, whose shot was once again kept out by Jai Hind’s goalkeeper.

Midway into the second-half, Union’s substitute Noah D’Costa got deflected off Harish Shetty and went into the empty net.

Couple of minutes later, Ravish completes his hattrick and also increased Union SC’s lead to four goals.

It was the last piece of the action as Union SC thrashed Jai Hind SC.

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Star of Canara S.C. came from a goal down to complete an impressive 3-2 win against Jawahar Young Boys S.C. No.11 Rakshit Pillai of Jawahar Young Boys S.C. opened and closed the scoring, but failed to save his side from a 3-2 defeat in the end.

The match began at a frantic pace with Rakshit Pillai opening the goalscoring for Jawahar Young Boys S.C. in the 5th minute. In the opening few minutes, Star of Canara tried to play through the back, playing sloppy passes which invited pressure on the defence very early on in the match. As a result, J.Y.B.S.C. received a couple of half chances inside 2 minutes.

The Star of Canada S.C. midfield were too slow to react to win the second-balls in their half, and Jawahar Young Boys S.C. didn’t waste time in taking advantage and won most ball, and largely passed it into the right channel to Rakshit Pillai, who took the better of his marker with sheer pace. Ashton Dias of Star of Canara S.C received a glorious opportunity on the 5th minute mark after he collected an intelligent throughball, only to miss kick the ball.

The goalkeeper collected the ball and moved the ball ball forward and hit on the counter. Rakshit Pillai of all players was presented with a chance to score after he found himself in a one on one situation; he lofted the ball over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to give his team the lead. From the goal, Star of Canara gradually settled in the game, although played with a threat of getting caught on the counter attack yet again as they played with a high line.

With a slow midfield, which wouldn’t track back, Star of Canara S.C. were playing with a dangerous game plan. Star of Canara did comeback into the game as a result of a good spell after the goal was conceded. The goal came from Glen Moraes on the 16th minute mark who converted from a corner with a good header to level-up the scoring; Melwin Vaz with a fine cross to setup the goal from the corner.

Star of Canara S.C. continued their approach to push for a second, playing with a highline and a huge gap between the midfield two and the defence which was exploited throughout the first half on the counter attack by Jawahar Young Boys, who missed two sitters themselves. Both sides had a good number of chances to take the lead, but they lacked quality in converting those chances.

In the second half of the game, the first real chance fell to no.7 Glen Moraes hit the post inside 2 minutes with no one there to convert the rebound off the post. There were no real opportunities created in the first quarter of the second half. Star of Canara S.C. despite a large of chunk of possession failed to create any chance and only came close to scoring when Ashton Dias hit the side netting. Jawahar Young Boys were now completely playing on the counter attack and largely the player on the ball found no support when he received the ball inside opposition territory.

J.Y.B.S.C. utilized the pace of their no.11 Rakshit Pillai on the counter attack down the right-flank. On a similar occasion around the 21st minute the goalkeeper came way off his line on a long ball in space to Rakshit, but the latter’s similar attempt to that of his goal, this time from a long way out and a difficult angle he failed to convert and dragged his effort wide. 2 minutes s later though, Star of Canara were rewarded with their domination in the game when no.7 Glen Moraes found himself with a similar headed chance and didn’t disappoint this time too and convert to give his side a 2-1 lead and complete the turnaround somewhat singlehandedly.

Star of Canara doubled their lead in the 27th minute through no.69 Sheldon Rego, who calmly finished after beating the goalkeeper in a one on one chance which was created by a clever pass initially by no.11 Oliver Bennis. In the 3rd minute of added time No.9 Shailesh Poojary received the ball on the left flank and saw his compatriot no.11 Rakshit Pillai vacant and completely unmarked on the right-flank. Shailesh Poojary found Rakshit Pillai with a perfect cross field pass, and the latter made no mistake in converting the chance. But, the goal was too little, too late in the end, and only proved to be a consolation.

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Into the first 10 minutes of the match and both sides looked short of creativity in the final third and the match rarely had enough moments to create any opportunity which would lead to a genuine goalscoring chance. But the deadlock was broken not by a good angled pass or a cross, but from an initial good control and a cross cum shot from no.8 Roger Sam found its way into the top left corner beating the keeper at near post.

It seemed as if Udaya were still trying to settle in the game with nearly 2 quarters of the half played; most attempted efforts were either off target or blocked by the Jai Bharat S.C. defenders. Meanwhile, Jai Bharat S.C. created chances of their own on the counter, but largely failed with lack of quality on the delivery. As the half progressed into its final stages, Udaya became frustrated with no real gaps to exploit, they tried half hearted attempts on goal from range which rarely troubled the Jai Bharat S.C. goalkeeper.

In the second half of action, Udaya started the half brightly, but fail to capitalize on the early momentum. Whatever they tried they couldn’t penetrate through the Jai Bharat defence. In the 36th minute, Royston D’Souza of Udaya Sports Club failed to convert a one on one chance, he later hit the right upright a couple of minutes later with a delightful shot which beat the goalkeeper, but the goalpost came to Jai Bharat’s rescue.

As the game reached its midway phase in the first half, it was all one-way traffic into the Jai Bharat S.C. with their strikers largely isolated upfront, fighting a different battle altogether against Udaya’s center-backs. Jai Bharat S.C. dragged an opportunity to double their lead when no.9 Hitesh Bangera dragged his volleyed effort past the right-hand post. The game was deprived of action until the second half stoppage-time.

In the first minute of second half added-time, no.20 Clive Coutinho of Udaya hit the inside of the crossbar with his attempted header. Moments later, no.7 Filip Manoharan was presented with a glorious one on one but on the day he decided to shoot the ball way over the prone figure of the goal.
The game came with a compliment of misfortune perhaps for Udaya S.C., they would think. The 1-0 scoreline in favour of Jai Bharat S.C. was to an extend a reward for a chance they converted, on a day which saw an enormous amount of game changing moments go in vain due to lack of creativity and incisiveness in front of goal.

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