Anup scores the match-winner against BFC

Ozone FC clinched the BDFA Super Division League title, beating BFC 1-0 in its final match at the Bangalore Football Stadium here on Thursday.

The winning goal came in the 42nd minute through a counterattack when Anto Xavier played a perfect through ball to Anup Theresraj off a BFC free-kick.

Ozone went into the match without the services of the in-form forward Robert, who was out with a hamstring injury. This reflected in the side’s performance.

The team which dominated the league by not dropping a single point on its way to the trophy, and a side which had scored a whopping 32 goals from nine previous games, had only one goal to show.

But, BFC experienced similar problems at the other end. It went for long balls right from the early stages of the game. Both teams enjoyed a fair amount of ball possession during the match but couldn’t trouble each other.

BFC was not able to capitalise on the few chances that came its way. In the 57th minute, BFC’s Myron got a red card after he bumped into midfielder Satish Kumar. Satish, though, continued to play after the medical help and rightly earned the applause of the audience.

BFC went all out looking for the equaliser, but it proved elusive.

David Booth, Ozone FC coach, said, “We have won all games in the league, you can’t ask for more than that. The good thing is that we rotated the players during the course of the tournament and everybody got a chance.

“From where we started two to three months back, we have improved immensely and now look forward to the future with renewed hope.”

The results:

Super Division: Ozone FC 1 (Anup 42) bt BFC 0.

A-division: DYES FC 2 (Balagangadhara 40, 44) bt Royals FC 1 (U. Babu 75).