Mumbai: Kalina Rangers A emerged champions after they snatched a tense 8-7 sudden death tie-breaker win against Macabi Amboli in an absorbing men’s open final of the Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament 2019. The summit clash was a thrilling affair as both teams played a fast-paced attacking game and the match finished in a 3-3. In the penalty shootout tie-breaker duel the scores were again tied at 4-4 and in the sudden-death Jason Miranda missed for the Amboli side before Scott Moraes succeeded in scoring to seal Rangers win.
The goal-scorers for Rangers were Scott Moraes who scored three goals while Craig D’Souza and Tyson Pereira scored two goals each and Rayyan Sheikh got one. For Macabi Amboli, Merich Fernandes netted two goal while Kirsten Gonsalves, Shaun Menezes, Jason Miranda, Gourav Jadhav and Danzel Fernandes all chipped in with one each. Olympians M M Somaya and Joaquim Carvalho who were the chief guests gave away the prizes.
Results
Men’s open (SFs): Kalina Rangers ‘A’: 5 (R Sheikh 2, T Pereira, S Rawat, D Dias) bt Autonomous SC: 0; Macabi Amboli: 2 (M Fernandes 2) bt Sellebrity FC: 0; Final: Kalina Rangers ‘A’: 8 (C D’Souza 3, T Pereira 2, S Moraes 2, R Sheikh) bt Macabi Amboli: 7 (M Fernandes 2, K Gonsalves, Shaun Menezes, Jason Miranda, Gourav Jadhav, Danzel Fernandes) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 3-3.