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Commissionerate Police emerged champions in the 11th Gatikrushna Memorial A-Division Football League, edging out Unit-VI Athletic Association 4-3, via penalty shoot out, in the violence-marred final here at Unit-I Govt Boys` High School ground today.
Play in the regulation time ended in goalless draw as both the teams squandered lots of scoring opportunities. In the tie-breaker, Sukadev Murmu, Basant Kumar Swain, Hrusikesh Behera and Khiradhar Soy scored for the champions, while Ranjit Jena, Asish Pradhan and Rameswar Parhi found the target for the runners-up.
The hard-fought final, however, was marred due to rough play, especially by the police side, referee`s debatable decisions and crowd violence. Towards the fag end of the game, police right-winger Mohammad Ehesan Khan`s dangerous play enraged the crowd, which hurled abuses on him.
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But instead of focusing on the game, Khan retaliated by pushing and shoving a couple of unruly onlookers. Tension mounted as Khan was joined by other police players and officials. However, timely intervention by officials of Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA), brought the situation under control.
Bishnu Prasad Panda, son of Late Gatikrushna Panda, handed over the trophies at the presentation ceremony. BAA president Suresh Kumar Routray and secretary Dr S R Parija were present on the occasion.
Bhubaneswar Athletic Association organised the tournament from September 17 with a total of eight teams in the fray. Teams played league matches after being divided into two groups and after completion of group league, top two from each group qualified for semifinals.
RESULTS:
Sept 17 (Match No 1): Bajrangbali Club (Antu Murmu 7th, Santosh Nayak 17th) drew with Unit-VI Athletic Association (Rajendra Barik 13th, Prakash Naik 31st) 2-2.
Sept 18 (Match No 2): Commissionerate Police (Rajendra Toppo 34th, Mohammad Khan 75th) beat Friends & Friends Club 2-0.
Sept 19 (Match No 3): Unit-VI Athletic Association (Bijay Das 2nd, 79th; Antarjami Nayak 61st) beat Paramount Sporting 3-0.
Sept 20 (Match No 4): Commissionerate Police (Basant Swain 82nd, Pramod Das 86th) beat Directorate of Sports 2-0.
Sept 21 (Match No 5): Paramount Sporting (Apple Dash 18th, Anil Sasmal 76th) beat Bajrangabali Club (A Murmu 47th) 2-1.
Sept 22 (Match No 6): Friends & Friends (Ashutosh Pradhan 9th) drew with AG Recreation Club (Krishna Das 59th) 1-1.
Sept 23 (Match No 7): Kishore Club (Sanjit Panna 37th, 43rd, 65th; G Oram 88th) beat Bajrangbali Club (Pandu Singh 80th) 4-1.
Sept 24 (Match No 8): Commissionerate Police (Ranjan Bhoi 70th) bt AG Recreation Club 1-0.
Sept 25 (Match No 9): Unit-VI Athletic Association (Malay Nayak 33rd) beat Kishore Club 1-0.
Sept 26 (Match No 10): Directorate of Sports (Sujit Tirkey 10th, 20th; Surendra Soren 26th) beat AG Recreation Club 3-0.
Sept 27 (Match No 11): Kishore Club (Manoj Soren 36th, Seikh Zahid 43rd, Sankar Munda 64th) beat Paramount Sporting 3-0.
Sept 28 (Match No 12): Directorate of Sports (Sujit Tirkey 13th, Sorendra Soren 63rd) beat Friends & Friends 2-0.
Sept 29 (Match No 13, 1st semifinal): Commissionerate Police (Sukadev Murmu, Ramesh Chatar, Hrusikesh Behera, Deependra Sahoo) beat Kishore Club (Suresh Kujur, Amiya Kisko, Sasikanta Sandil) 4-3 in penalty shoot out. (Full time 0-0).
Sept 30 (Match No 14, 2nd semifinal): Unit-VI Athletic Association (Ranjit Jena, Asish Pradhan, Seikh Moin, Rajendra Barik) beat Directorate of Sports (Uttam Khali, D Srinath, Sunil Sardar) 4-3 in penalty shoot out (Full time: 0-0).
Oct 1 (Match No 15, Final): Commissionerate Police beat Unit-VI Athletic Association 4-3 in Tie-breaker.
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TOP: Commissionerate Police team celebrates the title triumph in Bhubaneswar on Oct 1, 2014.
RIGHT: Unit-VI Athletic Association team with the runners-up trophy in Bhubaneswar on Oct 1, 2014.
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