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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SBI dominated the early exchanges only for Mumbai Port to hit back on the counter-attack.

Ansari latched on to a long ball and scored in the 14th minute.

1-0 and SBI was on the backfoot!

Imran Khan blasted a penalty over the bar and wasted a lifeline for SBI!

SBI got an equalizer as Bretty Stewart scored in the 33rd minute.

Mumbai Port regained the lead thanks to a poachers effort from Ansari in the 40th minute.

Fans witnessed a classic smash and grab as the first half finished at 2-1.

As both teams played with gusto in the second half…the game was a treat to watch!

Ansari stabbed home the third goal in the 85th minute after a mix up between the goalkeeper and defence.

A clinical hat trick!

Savio Rodrigues slotted home a penalty in the 86th minute to make it 4-1.

Akash Pardeshi whose pace had the opposition defenders in knots was a huge plus for SBI.

Arjun Sanas’ rock-solid performance was a big positive.

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Agnel ran out as 5-4 winners in what was a humdinger.

Aman Sayed and Nakul Shelke scored two late goals in injury time to clinch a stunning victory for Agnel!

Shreyas Vatekar opened the scoring for Agnel with the easiest of goals in the 11th minute.

Mumbai Port responded with Atif Ansari who made it 1-1 in the 19th minute.

It rained goals as Muttvallz made it 2-1 in the 22nd minute.

Umer Shaikh and Shubham Kamteke scored in the 25th and 29th minutes respectively to make it 3-2 for Mumbai Port.

Muttvallz made it 3-3 in the 32nd minute — the fourth goal in ten minutes!

It was football at it’s very best!

Mumbai Port threatened to kill the game off as they launched wave after wave of attacks in the Agnel box.

Ansari smashed home a superb goal in the 69th minute to leave them on the brink of a memorable win.

It wasn’t to be as Agnel pulled out a rabbit from its hat in injury time.

Sayed popped out of nowhere and slammed in a goal in the 93rd minute to make it 4-4.

Shelke hit home the winner for Agnel in the 95th minute to complete a stunning comeback!

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In the 31^st minute, Perei Shokwangnao from the left wing dribbled into the box who crossed low ball which met Ubaid Ansari just in front of the goal near the first post as he tapped it in to make it 1-0 in favour of the dark blue side resulting in a half time scoreline as the same.

Mangesh Dhavne in the 45^th minute from the right flank dribbled effortlessly against three Port Trust defenders and banged it past the keeper in the near post scoring an equaliser for his team.

However, in the 54^th minute a counter attack for the team in the blues proved helpful as Merrick Fernandes from the Ports was brought down by Marlon Fonseca from behind resulting in a penalty taken by Savio Rodrigues who puts them ahead again in the 57^th minute.

Full time score line resulted as Mumbai Port Trust 2-1 Jupiter S.C.

The winning side have now earned 16 points standing 1^st and the trailing side failed to stay ahead as they have 14 points standing 2^nd in Group A.

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Savio Rodrigues opened the scoring in the 6th minute of the game before Siddharth Koli made it 2-0 on the 17th minute. IDBI hit back hard as they scored two quick goals to level the score, courtesy of Roshan Navkar and Vishal Sonkar’s goals in the 30th and 32nd minute respectively.

Mumbai Port Trust had to wait just three minutes to take the lead again when Pirie Gecif made it 3-2. Rajesh Goswani scored a quick brace and Robin Maharo scored the sixth and the final goal to complete the rampage. IDBI did score their third goal through Roshan Navkar who netted a brace and also had a fine game for IDBI.

Mumbai Port Trust who came into this match continuing their fine run of form this season didn’t show any mercy to their counterparts as they proved lethal in front of the goal whenever they entered the final third. IDBI did put a fight when they leveled the score late in the first-half, but Mumbai Port Trust’s offensive superiority proved too good for IDBI’s backline,

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