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Football: Rizvi College romp to victory on 'dream ground'
Updated On: 10 October, 2014 08:00 AM IST | | Amit Kamath
<p>Goals from Sagar Bedekar, Raunak Killinger and Siddharth Nayak helped Rizvi College edge out Pillai College 3-2 in a closely-fought final of the Mumbai University inter-collegiate football tournament held at the University Pavilion recently</p>

The victorious Rizvi College team pose with the trophy
Goals from Sagar Bedekar, Raunak Killinger and Siddharth Nayak helped Rizvi College edge out Pillai College 3-2 in a closely-fought final of the Mumbai University inter-collegiate football tournament held at the University Pavilion recently. Abhishek Ambekar and Rahul Bheke reduced the deficit for Pillai College after Rizvi had taken a two-goal lead in the first ten minutes.
Action from Mumbai University's inter-college football final between Rizvi College and Pillai College at the University Pavilion
Rizvi skipper Sandeep Upadhyay revealed that his team was at a disadvantage going into the final, but was proud nevertheless of their achievement. "Pillai had an advantage over us as they had played both their league as well as quarter-final matches at the University Pavilion, while we played our matches at Goregaon's Anna Bhau Sathe ground, which was a world apart from this ground.
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