In the first match of the day at Cooperage, MSSA played PIFA Sports where they comprehensively defeated their counterpart 5-0, courtesy of Karsten D’Souza and Pranit Vyas’ twin strikes. MSSA started on the front-foot and delivered a massive blow in the first six minutes itself.

Karsten D’Souza wreaked havoc after bagging two quick goals inside six minutes to give MSSA a dream start. Although PIFA Sports responded superbly after going behind. Kaustubh Meher and Shawn Vanappa combined well for the rest of the first-half but couldn’t manage to break MSSA’s strong and organized backline.

MSSA increased their lead on the stroke of half-time when Pranit scored a sublime goal which put his side in a comfortable three-goal lead. MSSA continued their fine first-half form in the second-half too when they notched up two more goals through Pranit and Duane D’Souza which wrapped up the game for the boys in Blue.

The second match of the day saw Steadfast registering a narrow 1-0 win over an energetic FC Mumbaikars side at Cooperage. The all-important goal came in the 28th minute when Jordon Noronha placed his effort past FC Mumbaikars’ custodian Nabh Angwalkar to score the only goal of the match.

Throughout the match, both the sides had their chances but the killer instinct in front of the goal was hugely missing. Nevertheless, considering the player’s age and experience, both the set of players performed brilliantly in a well-contested match at Cooperage.

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Steadfast got to a perfect start, opening the scoring on 6 minutes through Zeeyan Nevrekar. After some fine interchange of passes and pressure from Steadfast, a goal proved to be a fine platform to build upon. A likely second goal followed in the 23rd minute, as a result of Rhema’s poor organisation at the back, this time from Jaffer Masuri. In-between the goals scored by Steadfast, Rhema tried to get back into the game, but failed put any noteworthy impact on the proceedings.

Throughout the match, Stedfast’s Lalit Bangera remained a pivotal figure for his side to contest on the attacking front. A fine performance on-and-off the ball from Bangera brought him praise from his coach and teammates, a goal in the 33rd minute was a testimony to his individual talent on display. Rhema, meanwhile, struggled to test Ronak Shetna in goal for Steadfast, as the second-half progressed; despite being good on the ball.

Rhema managed to force a goal back nine minutes from time, in the 51st minute, via Vidhit Vohra. If the goal itself wasn’t enough, Rhema’s sheer determination in the aftermath of their first goal, proved too much to handle for Steadfast as they conceded twice in two minutes, and see their two-goal advantage wash off.

Adam Alvares’ brace on 56 & 57 minutes, brought back Rhema in the tie, and in timely fashion. The third goal from Rhema was followed right after Steadfast kicked-off; as the latter lost the ball in midfield to concede another 3 minutes from time.

In a game of two halves, Steadfast dominated the opening exchanges as Rhema showed great resilience to get back into the game after an underwhelming first-half.

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