Momin Aakef Abuzer’s ripper of a goal in the 45th minute stunned Reliance into submission! A peach of a goal that flew into the net from 30 yards out! The goalkeeper had no chance!

Sporting cut out Reliance’s passing options with a high pressing game as they threw men behind every ball.

They didn’t simply sit back and allow them to dictate terms. Reliance had their rhythm disrupted!

Sporting goalkeeper Chetan Dhanu pulled off a superb save from Gulab Rauth in the 4th minute. Rauth almost scored for Reliance in the 25th minute only to head wide from inside the area. Abuzer had a good shot parried away by the goalkeeper.

The first half ended 1-0 to Sporting as Reliance looked out of ideas against rock-solid defending. Thoi Singh Huidrom hit his shot wide from the left in the 53rd minute and Reliance pushed forward. Akash Khadka — Sporting’s David Beckham — impressed as he bombed in crosses from the right flank throughout.

Manish Kole hammered the final nail in the Reliance coffin with a goal in the 95th minute. 2-0 and Reliance had crumbled!

It was curtains for Reliance who clearly didn’t have a Plan B in place. The passing machine ground to a halt!

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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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Thakur College made Mumbai proud as they sealed the West Zone senior boys’ title after upstaging Hiramani School, Ahmedabad 1-0 in their last league match at the DSK Football Field, Pune. They finished with seven points, two wins and a draw, to top the standings in their category.

Prolific striker Mithilesh Kasare’s 33rd-minute goal gave them a slender lead which they held on to dear life to emerge triumphantly.

Don Bosco made the cut after a thumping 5-0 victory over Anand Niketan School, Ahmedabad in their last RFYS league match. The big victory not only improved their goal difference but also helped them finish with six points. Table toppers and title winners Our Lady of Rosary High School from Goa finished with an all-win record after defeating Loyola High School and Junior College, Pune 3-0 in their last league match.

Midfielders Dwayne Pereira (three goals) and Manan Dang (two goals) were the architects of Don Bosco’s victory, with four goals coming in the first half itself. Krishna Karkera was adjudged player of the match.

In the college boys category, Rizvi College of Arts, Science and Commerce’s hopes fell by the wayside after they suffered a narrow 0-1 defeat to Ahmedabad’s Shree MP Shah College of Commerce.

Father Agnel College of Commerce and Arts, Goa topped the college boys’ charts by winning all their three league matches. They signed off the league in style with a thumping 6-3 victory over Pune’s Spicer Adventist University.
Fr Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College, Vashi too fared badly in the school girls’ category as they went down 2-0 to My Own High School, Ahmedabad in their last league match. My Own claimed the zonal honours, having won all their three matches.

Goa’s Rosary Higher Secondary School finished second with six points after routing Pune’s The Bishop’s School 9-0 in their last league match.

While Mumbai’s two teams qualified for the National Championship, Goa dominated the event with all four teams advancing to the next stage.

THE RFYS WEST ZONE ROLL OF HONOUR

Junior boys: Winners – Our Lady of Rosary High School, Goa. Runners-up: Don Bosco High School, Mumbai.

Senior boys: Winners – Thakur College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai. Runners-up: Rosary Higher Secondary School, Goa

College boys: Winners – Father Agnel College of Commerce and Arts, Goa. Runners-up: Shree MP Shah College of Commerce, Ahmedabad.

School girls: Winners – My Own High School, Ahmedabad. Runners-up: Rosary Higher Secondary School, Goa.
(All winners and runners-up progress to the National Championship to be held in Mumbai later this month)

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