BHUBANESWAR 01-Oct-2014 161
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.
