Apart from Mazhar and Danish, Winston D’Silva also got on the scoresheet. Hat-trick hero Mazhar has become quite synonymous with the goals since last season as he was one of Rizvi Ceramics’s standout player in their journey to lift the third division title.

Rizvi dominated the whole match with their pressing and brilliant passing which was simply a delight to watch. Their organized defense and midfield added more strength to their play as Sagar M.M.S were left with absolutely no options.

Surprisingly, the first three goals were scored by Mazhar himself yesterday as he completed his hat-trick inside just 38 minutes. The chance came at his feet and he kept converting it with his brilliant poacher’s instinct.

In the second-half, Danish and Winston joined the party and scored two goals within fifteen minutes in the 43rd and 58th minute respectively to increase Rizvi Ceramics’ lead to five goals. Deval Nijap did cut short the deficit in the 50th minute for Sagar M.M.S with a superb strike.

Danish doubled his tally and also scored Rizvi Ceramics’s sixth and final goal to complete a remarkable victory.

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The tournament in its latest format was the idea of 3 teenagers— Anas Shaikh, Ishaan Rizvi, and Dhairen Tohliani—with the aim to provide the best possible environment to play football and to eventually be able to contribute to changing face of football in Mumbai. The tournament was held on the 23rd & 24th August, 2014, at the New Footbrawl Turf, Lions Municipal Sports Complex, Near Milan Subway, Santacruz (W).

It was a two day event, 5 a side, full of excitement, 30 teams, healthy rivalry among local teams, artificial football turf were all the key elements of The Starburst Football tournament. The urgency level to score a goal as soon as you can brings the excitement in such 5 a side football tournament, within 20 minutes of play you have to prove that you are better than your opponent to advance further in next round. Reuben Dass, manager of Bombastic Rockies bought enough talent in his team to outplay the other teams . And his side kept up to their level, as Bombastic won “The Starburst Football Tournament” after beating Uk United by a solitary goal in the final.

The tournament was highly successful as more than 30 teams had participated from all over Mumbai and 1 from Lonavala. The sprit and the hungriness to score goals and won matches keeps the engagement intact. Following are the teams included – Bombastic, UK United, IKON FC, Millat FC, Anonymous FC, Rizvi Ceramics, Falcon Brothers FC, Kalina Village Club, Red Phoenix, D’Boys, Ball Busters, Mean Machine, Macabi, Gopal Seasiders, Outsiders, SMRC, Campos Boys, Manori United FC, Lonavala FC, Hard Rock Café, Mackenzie, Rising Boys, Khar Genesis, Minione Warriors, Avey Maria, Pioneer FC, Zig Zag Boys, Hinduja FC, Cantonians, and Weekenders.

Below are a few highlights of the tournament:

Quarter finals:
Rising Boys vs Millat FC (Score: 2:3 penalties)
Bombastic vs Ball Busters (Score: 4:1)
Mean Machine vs Rizvi Ceramics (Score: 3:0)
UK United vs IKON FC (Score: 3:1)

Semi-finals:
Mean Machine vs Bombastic (Score: 3:1 ).
UK United vs Millat FC (Score: 0:0 at FT and 4:3 after 6 penalties).

Finals:
Bombastic vs UK United 1:0
Winners : Bombastic, with the cash price of Rs. 20000
Runners-Up : UK United, with the cash price of Rs. 10000

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