Custodian Khoram Irani's excellent saves under the bar for VOBA helped them to overcome Rahul Sports Club in convincing style.

In an all first division teams tussle VOBA were a dominant lot. They combined well with some fine exhibition of ball control. Center-forward Aldrin D'Souza was the peak of the lot as he put them ahead when the game was just 10 minutes old. He collected a ball from Shirao and slammed from a hand shaking distance.

The goal saw cautious moves adopted by both teams and the game was confined to mid-field exchanges, with neither team giving any leeway.

There was a sudden burst from the players of Pimpri, the Rahul SC, but ironically they could not enchash on their moves.

VOBA retaliated with short passes, attacking the goal frequently. The ball moved from one end to the other frequently.

In the 39th minute Vernon D'Souza converted the second goal latching on to a fine pass from his brother Edrin D'Souza from the left flank.

Later in the 45th minute Gordon Atkin rounded up the VOBA's assault.

Harish Mehra reduced the margin for Rahul SC in the dying moments with a fine solo effort.

Earlier, in the first match of the day Parshuramians were the lucky winners defeating Tigers Combine 6-5, via tie-breaker. Regular time play saw both teams score a goal each. Center-forward Saket Bhandare of Tigers Combine opened account in the 25th minute, converting a free kick taken just outside the eighteen yard box.

In the second-half Satish Deodhar equalised for Parshuramians through a solo effort beating a couple of defenders in the process. The tie-breaker was introduced to break the deadlock which saw Satish Deodhar, Sagar Mhasurkar, Atul Wahankar, Nagrajan Purkar and Gopi Lonkar net for Parshuramians while Ganesh Jadhav, Suhas Chaugule, Sudhir Goriwala, Sandeep Mhatre scored for the losers.

In the second encounter Jolly XI (Ghorpuri) went down narrowly to Dynamites Sports Club in sudden-death.

Vinod Jose put Dynamites into the lead in the 40th minute, when he neatly trapped an overhead pass chipped in by right-out Salil Kapekar and knocked the ball into the net. In the dying minutes Shagird Shaikh levelled score with his fine header.

With both goals coming in the second-half of play, the shoot-out was introduced for the second time in the day. In the tie-breaker, which was a case of poor aiming by both sides, only Rahul Pawar and Salil Kapekar netted for Dynamites while Allywn Peter and Sachin Pillay scored for Jolly Boys, and in the sudden-death that followed Vinod Jose and Amol Patil scored for Dynamites while Shagird Shaikh was succesful, Arvind Pillay was the culprit for the losers.

Todays fixtures:
1.00 p.m: Deccan XI `A' vs Falcon SC; 3.00 p.m: Roopali `A' vs Indrayani S C Dehu Rd; 4.00 p.m: Rangehills vs Strikers FC.