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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Did the linesman flag the third Iron Born ‘goal’ for offside? Yes. Did the referee consult the linesman? No.

Chaotic scenes followed as the referee sent off Sebastian’s Alex Peters for unruly behavior. Was that the correct decision? Yes. The fiasco was a blot on the game. The referees and officials refused to comment. They maintained that the decision to award the goal was legitimate.

For the record (no pun intended!) Troy Nunes scored for Sebastian in the 5th and 11th minutes. Armasah Ansari and Hrishikesh Balaji scored in the 36th and 59th minutes respectively for Iron Born.

The officials or Sebastian? You decide who is in the right!

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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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Income Tax held St. Sebastian’s Boys in their own half early-on in the match, but left themselves dangerously open for St. Sebastian’s Boys to pounce on the counter.

This wasn’t entirely possible as St. Sebastian’s Boys played as many behind the ball to soak-up the pressure and no-one up-front to press in an attempt to win the ball higher-up the field. Though, at times, when St. Sebastian’s Boys did get a chance to launch an attack, they always looked threatening to score on the break. On a similar occasion, in the 27th minute, Ruseel D’Souza’s effort was kept-out from the Income Tax goal with a last-ditch block inside the box. With the half reaching the 30th minute mark, astonishingly both sides were yet to record an attempt on target.
Both teams grew into the game as the first-half neared its closure. While Income Tax became more incisive with their play around the final-third, St. Sebastian’s Boys looked more threatening on the break as they looked to have finally found a way to neutralize if not nullify the pressure exerted Income Tax.

In the 43rd minute, the match took a sudden twist, but not a surprising one. A first-time ball from Charles Fernandes into Mukesh Singh, who somehow managed to dodge the offside trap to go clean through against Pritesh Jadhav in the Income Tax goal. Mukesh Singh with all his gathered calmness dinked the ball over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to give his side a 1-0 advantage going into the half-time break.

On the contrary, the second-45 minutes of the game started-off on a brighter note for St. Sebastian’s Boys, who looked to carry-on from where they concluded the first-45 minutes of play. But, as the half progressed, Income Tax settled into their natural rhythm, eventually. Income Tax seemed more-and-more desperate for an equalizer, and it was clearly visible in the way they approached: taking 50-50 chances, shooting from awkward angles and trying to shoot on goal every-now-and-then.

In the 60th minute, Income Tax were awarded a penalty after a foul by Rohan Das inside the 18-yard-box, which Prathamesh Porwal failed to covert in two attempts – hitting a timid rebound straight into the gloves of Abhi Mane.
The best chance from open-play for Income Tax came in the 80th minute, when Jovito D’Mello cut in a cross for Daniel D’Souza from the right-flank, but the former’s  shot on the half-turn went fractionally over the bar.
The goal did arrive, though. In the 86th minute, Camillio Narohna reached the end of a cross from the left as he glanced the ball over Abhi Mane in goal to pull his side back into the game, 4 minutes from time.
The game concluded at 1-1 with neither side entirely disappointed nor satisfied with the final result.

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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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