Prabhakar Shanmugam’s 12th minute strike coupled with Sachin Narsappa and Aaron Machado’s goals in the 54th and 55th minutes helped RBI close off their league engagements on a positive note.

Chetan Jagnade and Nehal Desane did reduce arrears for Soccer XI with goals in the 56th and 69th minutes respectively but it was a bit too much for them in the end.

RBI’s main man Rolfred Coutinho didn’t play thanks to a suspension but they still did enough to close out the game within the hour mark. Shanmugam cleverly broke past the off side trap before slotting it past the on rushing goalkeeper while Narsappa’s goal was a textbook header off a corner.

Machado later slammed home an unstoppable shot to put the game beyond Soccer XI’s reach. It was game over within the hour mark and RBI was cruising home with the three points! But there was more drama as Jagdane and Desane sparked off a mini revival for Soccer XI.

If Jagdane’s effort was a classic smash and grab them Desane ran all of 30 yards from the left wing and slammed home to reduce the deficit. The score was 3-2 and Soccer XI suddenly raised visions of a comeback!

But all those efforts went to waste when Sachin Shrivastav was given his marching orders in the 85th minute which effectively ended any hope of salvaging at least a draw. A man down and with only five minutes to go…it was curtains for Soccer XI! They did have a few chances in the end but RBI held firm to close out the game at 3-2.

If it weren’t for that sending off Soccer XI still would’ve had a fair chance to salvage a point. It was a classic case of what may have been for Soccer XI in the end! RBI’s experience helped them clinch the three points despite missing their talisman skipper.

Soccer XI on the other hand looked jaded and out of ideas and never were really in the game prior to their second half goal burst.

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Sebastian sorely missed Alex Peters thanks to his sending off in the off side fracas against Iron Born in their last game. But they still took a two-goal lead thanks to Dalton Wilson’s twin strike in the 3rd and 12th minutes respectively.

Wilson was on fire as he had Soccer XI on the ropes with his quick silver dribbling. The Wilson bomb had exploded and had sent Soccer XI scurrying for cover! A fantastic start for a team having a numerical disadvantage!

Soccer XI had a glimmer of hope when Pravin Kawade reduced the deficit with a spot kick in the 23rd minute. But the joy was short lived as Dexter Peters slammed home a 31st minute goal to make it 3-1 for Sebastian.

Soccer XI looked dead and buried with seemingly no way out! Kawde converted another spot kick to make it 3-2 in the 33rd minute but then Soccer XI looked improbable of bouncing back as the referee blew the half time whistle.

Of course, Soccer XI proved everyone (including this writer!) wrong when Sachin Shrivastav and Elton Dawson scored in the 53rd and 57th minutes respectively to pull off a fantastic comeback.

Two goals in four minutes and the game had suddenly swung in Soccer XI’s favor! They had converted a two-goal deficit into a one-goal lead!

Sebastian tried hard to get an equalizer in the later stages but it was all but evident that the numerical disadvantage was clearly working against them.

Wilson’s early goal burst resembled a mirage as they fumbled around for answers! They sorely missed Peters who could’ve pulled off a rabbit from the hat to turn the game around!

Soccer XI defended stoutly to finish the game off at 4-3 and walk home with the three points. It was a total team effort which allowed Soccer XI to with stand a goal barrage and bounce back in style.

Sebastian had used the early goal bombardment strategy only for Soccer XI to successfully defuse it!

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The first half of the match looked phlegmatic as it went goalless until the first half whistle also saw a substitute from Young Boys as Ansari Asif came in to replace Sana Singh in the 42^nd minute.

The half time pep talk came out live in the 47^th minute as Shreyas Patil got the first goal of the game. Ashwant Kumar was called out to make a place for Avinash in the 54^th minute also to change things around for the Yellow & Black team Haris Ansari & Abdulla Ansari (Jr.) out to make way for Shahabuddin Shaikh & Arif Ansari (Sr.) respectively in the 56^th & 63^rd minute.

Another substitute for the Black & Orange as they get Anziya Ankush & Chandramohan Nazr to replace Kiran Ghatwal & Dhruv Mathur in the 67^th & 72^nd minute.

What a comeback as the substitute, Ansari Asif got on to score the equaliser of the game in the 63^rd minute getting them back on track which later inspired another substitute Ansari Arif to get the winner in the 87^th minute making it 2-1 for Yellow & Black outfit.

The game also saw two yellow cards for Pravin.K & Shanson. P in the 84^th & 66^th minute from the losing side.

A well-deserved comeback for Young Boys S.C as they beat Soccer XI by 2 goals to 1 at full time.

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What defines the excellent teamwork of St. Sebastian F.C is that they had five different goal-scorers. Axel Peters, Troy Nunes, Allan Nunes, Dalton Wilson and Umesh Kamble scored one each to complete a resounding victory. Whereas, Shreyas Patil scored for Soccer XI.

St. Sebastian dominated the match proceedings right from the kick-off. Their passing, hold-up play was immense and they kept on creating openings. It seemed that the players quickly adapted their play which each other.

The first goal was scored by Axel Peters which was a stunning strike, Mukesh Singh delivered an incisive pass which was finished brilliantly by the number 17.

Soon after St. Sebastian’s opening goal, former R.C.F (Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers) striker Troy Nunes doubled their lead when Russel D’Souza send Troy through on goal, the latter took his time and scored past the goalkeeper.

Just before half-time, St. Sebastian scored their third goal through Allan Nunes who scored on a rebound when Mukesh Singh’s effort hit the woodwork and fell into Allan’s path. St. Sebastian went into the break with a three goal advantage.

The second-half was same as first-half as St. Sebastian once again dominated the proceedings. Dalton Wilson soon made it 4-0 for the men in white after a easy tap-in.

St. Sebastian’s fifth and the final goal came in the last stages of the match when Umesh Kamble was brilliantly set up by Dalton Wilson with sublime through ball, the former placed it past the goalkeeper to make it 5-0.

Soccer XI did score a consolation goal when Shreyas Patil brillianty volleyed in past St. Sebastian FC’s goalkeeper. With this win St. Sebastian seems like a serious title contenders.

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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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