Sonar defeated Maddant Stars 2-0 in the finals of the Divar Football League on Sunday. Soham Mardolkar and Rohan Pednekar scored one goal each for the winning Team.
The tournament held at Divar School ground was organized by Divar Boys and sponsored by the Chairman of Goa Rehabilitation Board and Cumbarjua MLA Rajesh Faldessai.
The winners walked away with Rs 20,000 prize money while the runners-up were awarded Rs 10,000.
Many other prizes were also awarded.
Faldessai personally awarded Rs 2,000 to each goal scorer.
10 teams participated in the tournament which was held over 10 Sundays.
Four teams played day and night on each of these Sundays.
Following the tournament's success, Chief Guest Faldessai announced that another similar tournament will be organized soon with a larger prize money.
He also called for organizing more such tournaments for the youth to remain fit.
“I am always focussing on three things - health, education and sports. I am paying close attention to these aspects. If our youth have to remain fit, then we must organize football or cricket tournaments. Then our children go stray elsewhere on the wrong path. When I was approached to organize this tournament, I gave the go-ahead with my full support. We are ready to organize another tournament with double the prize money. I am ready to extend full cooperation and I urge the organizers to take the initiative,” he said.
The MLA said the that the projects for the Grounds at Divar and Cumbarjua have been passed costing more than Rs 3 crores each.
He also said that the youth of Divar are talented and hoped that they rise up to greater heights.
“We are all crazy for football, even women. We have so many talented youth in Divar. I am positive that one of our Divar youth will reach the top position in football or cricket. I congratulate the winning team Sonar and Runners Up Maddant Star for playing well and the qualifying teams. You’ll have played in true sportsmanship, brotherhood and team spirit. Winning and losing is part of life. Keep trying, I am with you,” he added.