Sholay II — Amjad takes up arms again

Umpire Sukhbir Singh rightly showed the two players the red card to bring the situation under control.

But things went out of hand again when Amjad and Vinod began fighting each other again near the technical table and ignited another fight. However, wiser counsel prevailed and things were brought under control after a four-minute break. Seven cards, including five green, were shown in the heated clash.

Tatas had the better share of the exchanges as well as scoring chances than RCF. But the latter fought doggedly to keep their 10th-minute lead, obtained by Solomon Alexander, intact before umpire Douglas Rodrigues threw a spanner in their works by awarding a stroke, which was not there in the 43rd minute.

Claes Ferreira of Tatas converted the gift’ award with a weak push that trickled into goal after grazing the stick of RCF goalkeeper Nandu Rajagoplan who had dived to the right.

Tatas then struck twice in the last five minutes through Claes and Asad Khan to put the issue beyond doubt. This was Tatas’ fourth victory from five games. They are unbeaten and have tallied 13 points. RCF have won one, lost one and have drawn one of their three games.

Fr Agnel champs

FR Agnel Gymkhana, Vashi, emerged champions with 13 points and an unbeaten run in the Senior Division League. Greater Bombay Police snatched the runners-up berth with 10 points after they beat Union Bank 2-1 on Friday.

Mahendra Bhosale and Sanjay Suryavanshi scored for the policemen after Anil Raichurkar had given UBI the lead.

Fr Agnel and GB Police gained promotion to the Super League for the first time ever.