AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: After a difficult couple of matches in the opening stages of the Hero Futsal Club Championship for Baroda FC, the Gujarat outfit ended their tournament on a high having defeated Super Strikers Futsal Club by a scoreline of 5-4.

Baroda FC opened the scoring as Sheel Parikh struck the back of the net on the 7th minute mark. Super Strikers though, equalised almost immediately, with Yogith scoring a couple of minutes later. Vivek Easwaran put Super Strikers FC into the lead, and it looked like this would be another bad day at the office for Mohammad Rizwan’s side.

In the second half, Baroda FC came out with renewed vigour with one last push in them. Sheel Parikh scored twice, in the 30th and 32nd minute, completing his hat-trick and putting his side back into the lead. Yogith equalised almost immediately for Super Strikers FC and no one could predict on which side would this game end.

Varshil Doshi and Daniel Patel stepped up in the dying moments for Baroda FC, by scoring back-to-back goals in the 38th and 39th minute, but Nikhil Ayyappa scored one for Super Strikers as well. In the end, there was not enough time for Super Strikers to grab another goal and all three points headed towards Baroda FC.

With this topsy-turvy game, the matches in Group A came to an end. Mohammedan SC have qualified from this group for the semi-finals with 9 points on the table, while Super Strikers, Chanmari Zothan, and Baroda FC all finished on 3 points.