SBI Hyderabad Circle secures third place in inter-circle football championship

State Bank of India Hyderabad Circle secured third place in the All India SBI Inter-circle football championship at Bhubaneshwar, defeating Gandhinagar Circle 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out. Goalkeeper M Gopiah’s crucial save proved decisive in the victory

Hyderabad: State Bank of India (Hyderabad Circle) finished third in the All India SBI Inter-circle football championship at Bhubaneshwar on Friday.

Hyderabad Circle defeated Gandhinagar Circle (Ahmedabad) 5-4 via penalty shoot-out after the teams were locked goalless at the end of full-time.

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In the penalty shoot-out, Hyderabad Circle emerged victorious due to an excellent save by goalkeeper M Gopiah, who stopped the fourth penalty from Hemanth Meena, proving decisive in the outcome of the match.

For Hyderabad, Mohd Qizar, R Anand Kumar, P Prakash Rao, Zaki Raza and Mohd Fareed scored, while for Gandhinagar, R Pankaj, Vijayan, Umag Kunwar and Narender Chandra were successful in the penalty shoot-out.