Pune Mayors Cup Football Tournament: KP XI, FC Pune City emerge winners

In the boys’ final, KP XI eased past UKM Kothrud FC 5-4 on the penalty shootouts after both the teams were tied 1-1 at full time. While Shubham Kirve put UKM in lead after scoring in the 19th minute, KP XI equalised a minute later with Vinay Kondamari sending the ball to the back of the net.

In the shootouts, Joe Louis, Vicky Pujari, Vinay Kondamari and Romario Lazarus scored for the KP XI while Santosh Rathod missed from the spot. For UKM, while Ashish Kataria, Shubham Kirve, Gaurav Pandey were successful in taking shots from the spot, Abhishek Jadhav and Prithviraj Desai missed their penalties.

The winning team in the boys division received Rs 1 lakh and trophy, while the losing side received Rs 75,000 along with runners up trophy.

The prizes were awarded by Prashant Jagtap, Pune Mayor, Pyarelal Choudhari, vice president of PDFA, and Pradeep Pardeshi, secretary of PDFA.