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Football: Rizvi College romp to victory on 'dream ground'

<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>

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The victorious Rizvi College team pose with the trophy

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
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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