Did the linesman flag the third Iron Born ‘goal’ for offside? Yes. Did the referee consult the linesman? No.

Chaotic scenes followed as the referee sent off Sebastian’s Alex Peters for unruly behavior. Was that the correct decision? Yes. The fiasco was a blot on the game. The referees and officials refused to comment. They maintained that the decision to award the goal was legitimate.

For the record (no pun intended!) Troy Nunes scored for Sebastian in the 5th and 11th minutes. Armasah Ansari and Hrishikesh Balaji scored in the 36th and 59th minutes respectively for Iron Born.

The officials or Sebastian? You decide who is in the right!

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The first half was a close affair as both teams slugged it out for the opening goal. Ansari hit a curler over the bar in the 22nd minute. He scored the first goal with a lob over the goalkeeper in the 24th minute.

Mumbai Port had man-marked Atlanta danger-man Royston Veigas. Alex Fernandes glanced a header wide in the 32nd minute as Atlanta pressed forward for an equalizer.

The first half was 1-0 to Mumbai Port. Atlanta went all out in the second half and made numerous forays in the opposition territory. Ankit Dalvi missed a good chance to make it 1-1 as his shot went over the bar.

Veigas smashed in a superb left footed free-kick in the 57th minute and leveled things up for Atlanta. A classic goal!

He almost grabbed a winner in the 75th minute only to have his shot parried away by the goalkeeper. Rajesh Goswami’s shot took a deflection off Alex Fernandes and went in in the 70th minute. An own goal and 2-1 to Mumbai Port!

Veigas almost made it 2-2 in the dying moments as his effort went inches wide off the left post.

Mumbai Port held on to win. Atlanta fought bravely and can be proud of their effort.

In the first game, Intelenet and ICL Payyade played out a 1-1 draw. Asadul Khan’s 57th-minute goal canceled out Navin Koli’s 21st-minute strike for Intelenet. It was a just result for both teams in the end.

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Dinesh Kataria scored from a 4th-minute penalty to give Springfield the lead. Iron Born FC’s Aman Manghi scored from a spot-kick in the 7th minute to make it 1-1.

Apart from those two penalties, there was nothing much to talk of in the first half. The game finished 1-1 at half time thanks to tight defending by both teams. Mikail Kazi tapped home in the 54th minute to make it 2-1.

Armasah Ansari’s header had come off the post to give D’Souza the easiest of tap-ins. Springfield was desperate for an equalizer as they threw men forward.

Iron Born FC goalkeeper Atharva Shelke pulled off a blinder of a save in the 75th minute. The pressure seemed to have got to Springfield as Kataria spurned a glorious chance to equalize. They paid a heavy price as Iron Born FC scored the third goal through Ansari in the 83rd minute.

Springfield goalkeeper Akash Paul pulled off a couple of good saves to ensure damage limitation.

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The youngsters passed West Zone out of the park!

A football version of the Harlem Globetrotters?

West Zone played catch up and was clueless as to how to dispossess the opposition! Reliance Youth’s build-up play was top-notch and it brought back memories of Spain and Barcelona’s famous possession-based game.

Arata Akikko was the rock in Reliance Youth’s defence. Ayush Chikkara scored in the 17th and 41st minutes respectively to put the game beyond West Zone’s reach.

Varad Ayare’s missed attempt was one of few chances for West Zone in the first half. Nemil Valliyatil and Mustaque Laskar scored in the 50th and 55th minutes respectively to make it 4-1.

Valliyatil curled in a beauty from outside the box! Ayare bagged a consolation goal for West Zone in the 70th minute. Reliance’s 4-1 win was an education in possession and passing.

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