It was the Mumbai Muslims side who started the better of the two and had the first real in the 10^th minute of the game. Muddasir Ansari did well to cut in from the right, beat his defender and took a shot only for the Century Rayon keeper to pull out a good diving save.

It was Jiten Koli who gave the Muslims the lead in the 17^th minute. A wonder strike from 20 yards that went straight in with the keeper having no chance. Later on, Mumbai Muslims kept penetrating the Rayon defence but could not convert any chance.

Century Rayon themselves had a fair amount of possession but failed to do anything significant with it. Lack of conversion did really hurt them. The game became fast paced and an end-to-end game towards the end of the first half with no side converting their chances. It remained 1-0 at halftime.

In the second half, Century Rayon was hot on the heels of the Mumbai Muslims looking for the equaliser. But the Mumbai Muslims showed great character in defence standing firm in their way, not allowing any clear cut opportunities.  In the 95^th minute, deep into injury time, Rushikesh Koli double the advantage for the Muslims to seal the victory and walk away with three points.

For the Century Rayon side, they will be looking to analyse a bit of their final third play and looking to get back better in the next match.

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Dena Bank were duly credited with the win, and the manner in which they won made it more meaningful than it’d have been otherwise. Dena Bank started and concluded the game in a fairly high-spirit, what happened in-betwen will have a special mention in their season’s roundup. Dena Bank throughout the full-90 minutes pressed higher-up the field, an approach which didn’t win them the game, but nearly cost them the game if not for the two goals scored by Arfaat Ansari.

Throughout the match, Mumbai Muslims were confined into their own half. They didn’t have enough answers to dodge the press and create a passing outlet let alone nullify Dena Bank. Occasional half hearted counter attacks were dealt with ease by Dena Bank, who had a striker turned stopper in defence in no.17 Shaqib Ansari, who replaced the regular starter as the latter didn’t start due to dengue. On a similar counter attacking opportunity, Dena Bank slipped and stumbled to concede. Mumbai Police without a second thought pounced on the opportunity to capitalize and ease off some of the pressure. Afshan Shaikh fired a volley from close-range to give his side a much needed lead in the 31st minute.

Dena Bank relentlessly surged forward on every opportunity in believe to score a goal. Because, this was a situation they hadn’t prepared for, but were certainly equipped to tackle. Dena Bank received a corner in the 62nd minute, and no.10 Arafat Ansari, who earlier missed a headed chance in the first-half at 0-0 didn’t dare to miss, this time as he fired home the header after beating his marker to level the scoring, and go on to complete the inevitable comeback. But, that moment would have to wait until the 87th minute. Until, then Dena Bank received a series of threats from Mumbai Mumbai in the form set pieces.

As the game progressed into into its later stages, Dena Bank’s desperation for the winner grew and in the lure for the 2nd goal they committed men forward, so-much-so that on occasions, Dena Bank defenders where exposed numerically at the back, but some last ditch tackles saved them on the day.

What frustrated Dena Bank was Mumbai Muslims’ approach of sitting back and not playing for a winner. In one of many situations no.10 Arfaat Ansari found himself in space around the box throughout the game, this time it was complimented with a delightful and well timed pass, which he finished off teasingly in a 1 on 1 opportunity to give his side a deserved lead.

Dena Bank held on for reaming 3 +5 added minutes, but only just, because Mumbai Muslims came miraculously close to scoring the leveler through Rayyan Alayyer, whose shot swerved and dipped mid-air, but was heroically tipped over the crossbar at the very last moment by goalkeeper Asif Ansari.

In all, this match was a complete package for the spectators who in some considerable amount turned-up to witness this turnaround.

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Mode Of Competition

1. All the teams in this division will be divided into three group and will play a preliminary on a single league basis.
2. After the completion of the preliminary league, the top two teams from each group will play a play-off league on single league basis.
3. The points gained and goals scored and canceled in the preliminary league will not be carried forward to the play-off league
4. The team standing 1st and 2nd after the completion of the play-off league will be declared the winner and runner-up of the super division league and will be promoted to Elite Division of the 2015

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