MARGAO
Icelander Shooter beat Orange Tiger 8-7 in the tie-breaker to win the Akar Warrior Football Double League 2021, organised by Akar Warrior at Kuncolim Mardol. Both teams played an attacking game and missed several chances. In the 12th minute of the 1st half, Sohan Akarkar placed the ball over the advancing Goalkeeper Kissan Akarkar of Orange Tiger. In the 18th minute of the 2nd half, Orange Tiger got a penalty and Rahul Akarkar made no mistake. In the full time both the teams were locked 1-1 and the game went into tiebreaker. Winners got Rs 4,000 plus trophy while the runners up got Rs 3,000 plus trophy.
Best Striker - Vibhav Naik (Icelander Shooter), Best Defender - Paresh Akarkar (Icelander Shooter), Best Goalkeeper of tournament - Hemant Borkar (Icelander Shooter), Highest scorer in the League - Rahul Akarkar (Orange Tiger), Emerging player - Gautam Jalmi. 1st goal of the final - Sohan Akarkar (Icelander Shooter).
Chief Guest Brahmanand Shankhwalkar, Arjuna Awardee and Chief Mentor of Sesa FA, Kanan Priolkar, AFC (A) License Coach, Asst Coach U-15 Boys, Shrikant Gaude, President of Kuncolim SC and others were present on the stage and gave away the prizes.
