Brahmand Tourney Finals

Honestly, there isn't much to write about this match. Tired and fatigued, the Falcons performed way below their capacity and decapitated in front of a deserving team who thrashed us 4-1. The only goal we scored was an own goal.

All we can say is, that we shall beef ourselves up mentally, and perform under pressure. And a great run to the finals was rewarded by the award of Best Goalkeeper to Siddhu for his heroics in the shootout. The after party wasn't the most raucous we've ever managed, but Parth, Chandan, Omkar and Arpit graciously joined in our celebration.

Brahmand Tourney Match 2

The second match in this tourney was against a very well organised St.Pius team. With a few experienced uncles and a good setup, Pius were more than formidable adversaries.
Falcons meanwhile had to contend with the loss of flying winger, Pratik Apte. The game started well for the Falcons with a flurry of corners and playmaker Kamath's excellent delivery from corners caused a flutter in the organised Pius defence.
The pressure soon paid as the Falcons took the lead of a brilliant volley by their goalkeeper SIddharth Damle. Damle picked up the ball in his area and launched an unstoppable volley across the pitch into the top corner.
This seemed to have woken up the uncles. And in a matter of few minutes, they had turned the game 2-1 in their favor. They controlled possession, territory and aerial balls throughout and the Falcons looked dead and buried. But with their never give up attitude, the falcons pushed on. Deep into injury time they won a couple of free kicks and Devrat Kamath showed why he is regarded as a dead ball specialist on the second one. Faraz went on a forage down the right as the Falcons pressed on for an equaliser. His efforts paid as he won a crucial free kick. A delightfully chipped ball by Devrat over the wall reached Sumeet who could only shoot at the goalie who pushed the ball into Chhedda's path who ruthlessly tucked in for 2-2 and the whistle blew.
Penalties.
Siddhu went first and scored with a trademark placement.
Pius scored.
Devrat went second and scored brilliantly with a powerful shot into the roof of the net.
pius scored.
Chhedda came up with the penalty of the century when the keeper saved his shot which rebounded off the bar, hit the backside of the fallen goalie and rolled into the net.
pius scored.
Sumeet scored with a coolly placed penalty.
Siddhu saves.
Now all Mihir had to do was score. But somehow he managed to add to the drama by missing.
Pius scored.
Sudden Death:
Kaanya went first up and scored a fantastic penalty.
Siddhu stepped up to the plate and kept his nerves and denied pius the victory.
The Falcons erupted as everyone hailed the brilliant comeback.
Turkey anyone?

Brahmand Tourney Match 1

The Falcons faced the Zion F.C in the first match of the Brahmand tourney. It was a cagey affair with absurd conditions and poor refereeing. The Falcons could not play their usual slick passing game and were unable to build any momentum against an opposition who were intent on playing long balls. Tejas Chhedda and Faraz Virani did well to marshall the defence and Sudarshan Joshi and Virani were more than willing to join up in attack. With regular keeper Lawande opting to play for another team, Siddharth Damle started in goal. Though he was not tested much in the first half, Chhedda came very close to putting through his own net towards the end of the half. Apte and Jathar were looking good upfront with sporadic influence from Akshay Shendarkar while Devrat Kamath was having a tough time adjusting to the conditions and was not able to compete physically.
The second half saw much better play as Shendarkar took Damle's place in goal and Damle joined the attack upfront. A neat interchange saw Apte scoring a goal only to be disallowed by a poor offside decision. Jathar also saw himself on the wrong side of a bad decision. But with a minute to go, Jathar unleashed a belter and the Zion keeper could do nothing to stop the ball from going in. A narrow victory with a lot of dubious refereeing decisions.

Lineup:S.Damle,Virani,Chhedda,Joshi,Sumit,Kamath,Apte,Jathar,Shendarkar
Unused subs: Kaanya,Omkar, Mulay, Kolhatkar

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