Former India Under-14 captain Karen Pais played the lead role by scoring a brace of goals which inspired Bodyline FC to a thumping 4-0 win against Steadfast FC in semi-final match of the Deserve Builder & Devolopers-RCF Premier Cup Football Tournament, organized by RCF Colony Boys Krida and Sanskrutik Mandal, and played at the RCF Colony ground, Chembur.
Karen Pais
Karen received good support from her teammates with Amisha scoring the opening goal and later Kimberley Fernandes netting the third goal as Bodyline completed a one-sided victory.
In the second semi-final encounter, Fr. Agnel got the better of Football Leaders 5-3 via the tie-breaker penalty shootout after the match finished in a goalless stalemate. In the penalties duel, Pranali Shetty, Pooja Dhumal, Akanskha Kandalkar, Jyoti Mehra and Shruti Lakshami proved successful for Fr. Agnel while Steadfast could only convert three through Laura Estibeiro, Radika Ganega and Suman Salian and ended on the losing side.
In the boys’ under-14 semi-final action, Karm Mulchandani and Siddharth Konkar scored a goal each to steer Mumbai FC ‘A’ to a 2-1 win against Mumbai United. In the other semi-final match, Steadfast FC overcame Kenkre FC 5-4 via the tie-breaker after the scores were locked 1-1 at the end of regulation period.
Results – Boys’ under-14 (semi-finals): Mumbai FC ‘A’ 2 (Karm Mulchandani, Siddharth Konkar) beat Mumbai United 1 (Ayush Pujari).
Steadfast FC 5 (Sujal Ghanekar 2, Zreeyan Nevekar, Saurav More, Piyush Gupta) beat Kenkre FC 4 (Moksh Surve 2, Charles Vincent, Athar Ansari) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 1-1.
Women (semi-finals): Fr. Agnel’s 5 (Pranali Shetty, Pooja Dhumal, Akanskha Kandalkar, Jyoti Mehra, Shruti Lakshami) beat Football Leaders 3 (Laura Estibeiro, Radika Ganega, Suman Salian) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 0-0.
Bodyline FC 4 (Karen Pais 2, Amisha, Kimberley Fernandes) beat Steadfast FC 0.