Two times DSA champion Garhwal Heroes wins semi finals by 6-0. Enters final of DSA Senior Division Annual Open Clubs Football Leagues’ Championship

Established in 1953 and DSA champion twice in the past, prestigious Garhwal Heroes Football Club today reached the finals of DSA Senior Division Annual Open Clubs Football leagues’ Championships by defeating the Youngman team with 6-0 at Ambedkar Football Stadium in the presence of good number of highly enthusiastic football fans and football veterans.

The semifinal match started at 4.06 PM. Prior to the commencement of the match several dignitories including the former terrific footballer Shyam Thapa were introduced to the olayers of both the teams viz Garhwal Heroes n the Youngman.

The semifinal match began with an attack from the team Youngman in the initial minutes of the game, but highly spirited Garhwal Heroes did not allow them to be successful in their pursuits and were clever enough to invade in their territory with tremendous energy, scoring the very first goal in the 5th minute amid cheers from the fans at the stands. The first goal was shot by Charles, the prolific Garhwal striker.

Thereafter, both the teams displayed attacks after attacks on each others’ defence but Garhwal Heroes dominated the game as Kamal, Maheep and Charles converted a series of cheeky passes leading to Garhwal Heroes second goal in in just 15th minutes. The energy level n enthusiasm of the players of Garhwal Heroes was so high spirited n in sequence that the aggressive attempts from the opponent Youngman aimed at equalizing the score failed at every level.

However, terrific Garhwal Heroes keeping their flag high, scored their third consecutive goal in the 31st minute making the score 3-0 thus demoralising their oponent Youngman. The fans n football veterans at the stands were enjoying every moment of the competition despite raised temperature. Surprisingly to the shock of the Youngman supporters, the third goal came from Kamal Rawat who converted Maheep’s pass into a goal by a power-packed shot through a narrow n difficult angle. As followed, Garhwal kept on combining well and upping their team effort resulting in emphatic goals in the 33rd, 36th, and 43rd minutes of the game to award Garhwal Heroes a fabulous lead of 6-0.

This ravishing scoreline was a result of a beautiful display of short, accurate passes and a well-coordinated attacking line of Kamal Rawat and Charles (strikers), T. Haukib, Aman Thapa and Maheep (midfielders). The defenders did a fantastic job and complemented the efforts of the strikers and midfielders to ensure a clean sweep by Garhwal. After this extremely eventful first half, the fans witnessed a goalless second half as Garwhal sailed into the finals with a final scoreline of 6-0, thanks to Charles’ hat-trick and other brilliant goals by Kamal Rawat, Aman Thapa and support from Haukib! Due to the extremely hot and humid weather today, a 2-minute water break was given to the players in each half of the match.

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Semifinal 2 will be played tomorrow on Tuesday, 28 May 2019 at 4:00 pm at Ambedkar Stadium between defending champions Indian Air Force (New Delhi) and Delhi FC.

FINAL: The winner of Semifinal 2 will face Garhwal Heroes in the finals on Thursday, 30th May 2019 for a cash prize of INR 1.5 lacs (INR 75,000 cash prize for the Runner-Up).

Garhwal was established in the year 1953 and went on to be crowned the Champion in 1986 and 2013. It will look to lift the esteemed championship cup for the third time in its history on the 30th of May, 2019, so come support your team in huge numbers!