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Bhubaneswar emerged champions, edging out defending champions Cuttack 6-4, via tie-breaker, in the second-leg final of the 54th Senior Inter-District Football Tournament for Sahani Cup at Satayabrata Stadium here today. Tie-break rule was applied after play in the regulation time ended in 3-3 draw.
Bhabani Mohanty, Prasant Nayak and Sanjit Panna scored a goal each for Bhubaneswar, while Rajak Nag and S S Alam netted two and one goal respectively for Cuttack. Bhubaneswar clinched victory in the penalty shoot-out, converting three spot kicks against one by Cuttack. Earlier, the first-leg final between the two teams had ended in a goalless draw at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on March 25.
Sports Minister Badri Narayan Patra handed over the trophy in the closing ceremony. Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera, Legislator Jayanarayan Mishra and Football Association of Odisha secretary Sanjay Behera were present on the occasion.
RESULTS:
March 15: Jharsuguda (Bharat Munda 3, Kishore Khadia, Bablu Oram, Manoj Oram, Ramani Nayak 2 each and Rumanta Oram) beat Jagatsinghpur (Bharat Bhoi, Ajay Samal) 12-2. Khurda (Deepak Kumar Nayak, Chetan Naik, Subhasis Naik, Sujit Barik) beat Deogarh (Tuffan Nalu, Ramdas Hansda, Mahesh Sahu) 4-3.
March 16: Bargarh (P Patra, Bhagirathi Barla, P Mahananda, Susant Sethy) beat Kalahandi (Sukanta Majhi) 4-1. Bhubaneswar (Bhabani Mohanty 2, Sanjit Panna) beat Koraput 3-0. Dhenkanal (Basudev Marandi 2) beat Keonjhar (Sunil Gupta) 2-1. Bhadrak (PK Patra 2, Rengta Murmu) beat Subarnapur 3-0.
March 17: Cuttack (Somnath Nayak, Seikh S Alam, Prasnta Behera) beat Jharsuguda (Kishore Khadia) 3-1. Balasore (Manoj Murmu, Karunakar Singh) beat Khurda (Chetan Nayak, Debashis Nayak) 5-3 in tie-breaker. Phulbani (Sanjib Diigal 2, Prashant Nayak 2, Santosh Nayak, Lala Sudhansu Sekhar Ray, S Kanhar, Seikhk Rajan, Kanheya Majhi) beat Puri 9-0. Ganjam (Adil Khan 2) beat Bolangir 2-0.
March 18: Bhubaneswar (Sanjit Panna 2, Bhabani Mohanty, Brundaban Hembram) beat Bargarh (Panchanan Patra) 4-1. Rourkela Steel Plant (Jasmin Majhi 2, S Bankira, Seikh S Alam, Sanjay Kaduma) beat KIIT (Sidhanta Soren 2, Debjyoti Sahany) 5-3. Dhenkanal (Iqbal Khan) beat Bhadrak 1-0. Mayurbhanj (Barial Hembram, BP Murmu, Laxman Soren) beat Jajpur 3-0.
March 19: Bhubaneswar (Bhabani Mohanty, Basant Kumar Swain and Surendra Soren) beat Balasore (Nilay Ghosal) 3-2. Cuttack (Bijaya Das, Prasanta Behera) beat Dhenkanal 2-0. Sambalpur (Prafulla Minz) beat Nayagarh (Nishikanta Mohanty) 4-2. Kendrapara (Deepak Jena, Seikh Abdul Kadim, Binaya Sahoo) beat Boudh 3-0.
