Friday, November 06, 2009: Maharashtra State Police stunned Mumbai Customs 3-2 while R.S.F too had to slogged hard to get over gritty Sports Authority of India ( SAI ) by 4-3 margin. In the ongoing MHA Super league matches played at the MHA Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate.
M.S.Police the cellar side who have garned 7 points from 8 matches played so far had an advantage over fancied side Customs today minus bench strength and without their six regular players. Customs looked depleted side, however they displayed brilliantly earning 8 penalty corner compared to M.S.Police’s 2 penalty corner none were utilized by customs while M.S.Police converted one of the two penalty corners. The state cops were up by a goal 1-0 during breather. M.S.Police shot into initial lead in the 29th minutes. Vinod Manaugade deflected in from close range a well measured pass from the axis by Amit Yesur 1-0. After change of ends Customs equalized in the 40th minutes. Striker Savio Nayak brilliantly fired from acute angle a short pass unleashed by Gyanendra in side the circle 1-1 within a minute M.S.Police again went up Vinod Manugade converted a indirect penalty corner 2-1 his second goal. Customs worked hard with their limited resources however once again customs equalized against the run of play Gyanendra flicked in a rebound of the M.S.Police keepers at the spot ( 52nd minutes ). Thereafter Customs fought for the upperhand but could only earned penalty corner which went abortive M.S.Police hammered the final nail in the 69th minutes. Striker Amit Yesur cleverly shot in a diagonal ball pushed in from the left flank by Sandip Nagrukar 3-2 to put things out of customs reach.
In the another Super League match RCF and SAI clash turned out to be thriller at one stage RCF were leading by 3-0 but thereafter SAI took the baton in their hand and not only nullified the lead but came close to win both having youngsters in their ranks displayed defined field hockey. RCF got the going Munish Rana fired from the ‘D’ top which deceived the SAI keeper, five minutes later Vikram Yadav scored from close range, 7th minutes later once Vikram Yadav repeated the same feat ( back to back efforts ) 3-0. SAI roared back within a minutes Rajender deflected into the cage a Niyaz Raheem pulled the 2nd goal from the brilliant pass by Sudhamshu 2-3 while Narad Bahadur completed the equalizer in the 42nd minutes by converting a indirect penalty corner. However RCF ‘s day was saved by Munish Rana who opened the scoring also scored the decisive goal in the dead end to his side RCF on the winning path plucking 3 crucial points.
Tomorrow’s matches
M’bai Rly.Police Vs Ave Maria
Air India ‘B’ Vs BEG ‘B’