Sellebrity looked good enough to get three points as they dominated the early part of the game.

They utilized the right flank to good effect as superb passing and off-the-ball runs carved Salsette’s defence open. Salsette deployed the off-side trap and it worked wonders!

Sellebrity was brilliant in the midfield as they strung together passes with regularity. Their one-touch passing had Salsette in knots! They utilized both flanks to good effect.

Sellebrity for all their dominance couldn’t break down Salsette in the first half which finished at 0-0.

Singh hit home the winner in the dying moments and went on a celebration spree with ecstatic teammates!

The red card to Salsette in the 85th minute looked irrelevant post that goal!

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Yusuf Banky, who impressed with terrific box-to-box running and passing, was the standout player for Sellebrity. His pinpoint long-ranged passes carved open the FSI defence on numerous occasions.

Though the game finished 1-1 in the first-half still Sellebrity were the dominant team throughout.

Sellebrity scored through Kurban Shaikh (5th minute) and Ricky Bagade (69th minute) while Abhishek Patil (45th minute) hit home for FSI.

Shaikh latched on to a long-ball and beat off pressure from his marker before opening the scoring.

FSI on the other hand couldn’t score despite having the goalkeeper off his line on one occasion!

They later made up for that miss as Patil scored off a header right on the stroke of half-time.

Sellebrity created the most chances in the first-half despite the scoreline suggesting otherwise.

Both teams went into attack mode in a bid for an early goal in the second-half.

Excellent work by the FSI back-line went to naught as a defensive mix-up from a corner allowed Bagade to smash home a volley off a rebound. That goal proved to be the match winner!

Sellebrity did press on for a third goal but were denied by some resolute defending by FSI.

FSI went for the jugular in the dying minutes but the best they could muster was a tame effort.

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An opening strike on 29 minutes from Mrudal Porab of Sellebrity faded away as the match progressed; Spring Field’s no.11 Jabin’s two goals helped to overturn the deficit, as Harsh’s goal in the 78th minute left his side with some breathing space till the full-time whistle.

Both sides shared a couple of early chances to score the opening goal early on in the first-half, but failed to force either goalkeeper into making a save. It was Sellebrity who enjoyed the opportunity of getting the breakthrough in a tight encounter. In the 29th minute, Mrudal Porab produced the game’s first goal-bound attempt to give Sellebrity the lead going into the half-time break.

Despite being a goal down at the start of the second-half, Spring Field concluded the first-45 on a positive note and managed to carry the momentum through the break. Spring Field was duly rewarded, when no.11 Jabin brought his side back into the game, scoring the equalising goal, in the timely fashion.

As the match progressed into its final quarter, Jabin stepped-up to give Spring Field the much awaited second goal on 72 minutes. Spring Field put together a series of attack in the aftermath of their second goal, scoring its third through Harsh 6 minutes later – putting the tie out of reach for Sellebrity.

By the time, referee Rajesh Kanojia blew the full-time whistle, Spring Field were comfortably ahead and in control of the proceedings, something they failed to do in the first-half of the match. For Sellebrity, it was a step back after managing a narrow 3-2 win over Father Agnel.

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On the performance the Sellebrity F.C. coach Roy Fernandes said, “Prior to this we played to matches at Cross Maidan, the ground there is small – a little smaller in breath. St. Xavier’s has a wider breath so, that’s one of the reasons for our struggle.”

The game was at 2-1 inside 25 minutes, and with the same scoreline at the half-time whistle too, changes were eminent, but for Sellebrity F.C. two changes were made not because they’d bring something new to the team and change the course of play, but as actual substitutes for injured players.

In the second-half Sellebrity tried to stretch the play: “I told my players to play from the flanks. The more we spread and play the defence gets broken,” Roy said. Most of the game was played in the midfield and thus by getting players accommodated on the flanks and then putting balls back into the now clear midfield was a gameplan which failed in the execution stage for Sellebrity. On the strikers, who were somewhat under firing for his side, “Obi has great pace, but somehow today it didn’t work, he didn’t have the patience to finish a chance very late in the game.”

“The lack of proper passing and decision making” led to a poor display overall despite the win for Sellebrity F.C. according to their coach Roy Fernandes. He also highlighted how the two early goals helped to overall a tough hurdle in Bank of India, and noted how early goals can act like “tonics” to score more.

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The match began at a considerably average speed with Sellebrity F.C. scoring two goals out of nowhere. The first goal came via a Merwyn Fernandez header, second, Ronit Borkar reacted in-time to convert a half-chance into goal from inside the box. The scoreline by the twentieth minute mark astonished spectators as-well-as the teams coaching staff and players. Neither side expected the match to turn into such a one-sided contest this early in the game; a point from where Sellebrity F.C. could do no wrong. But, they did on the 24^th minute and no.10 Rahul Nair gave the Bank of India a life-line midway through the first-half. The goal acted somewhat like a trigger for Bank of India after a shaky start to match which saw them 2 goals down so early on in the match.

After Bank of India pulled a goal back it was a cat-and-mouse-race where the mouse was Sellebrity F.C. who were desperate in their attempts to protect their lead and score a much needed third goal, which they never looked like scoring, on the other-hand cat was Bank of India, who constantly tried to score a goal, but never came as close to scoring when they hit the crossbar in the last play of the match. During most parts of the game both sides failed to live up to their respective tasks at least in an attacking sense.

The game finished in favour of Sellebrity F.C., but it was deserved of a draw, at least for the number of chances Bank of India created. Although, Sellebrity had their fair share of chances to convert their 2-1 lead into a two goal cushion. This was a game of luck, which favoured Sellebrity F.C. and not Bank of India.

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