Referee played spoilsport: Sesa Goa coach

Goa's Sesa Football Academy coach Ajay Acharya expressed dissatisfaction over the outcome of the final-phase match against Tata Football Academy (TFA) of the Under-20 I-league and attributed his side's defeat to poor refereeing.
"The referee spoiled our chances as the penalty awarded to the rival team Tata Football Academy was unjustified," coach Acharya told reporters soon after the match.
"The judgement was really disappointing as it was in poor taste as far as refereeing was concerned," he said, while denying any plans of lodging a complain with the match commissioner in this regard.
Claiming that Sesa Goa team comprised of under-17 boys, Acharya said his team was one of the best team participating in the I-league.

Not only TFA, the referee should know that we are here to qualify in the I-league as well, he lamented, assuring that Sesa Goa will bounce back in the tournament despite today's result.
Earlier, exhibiting an excellent combination and accurate passes, Sesa Goa led the proceeding through a classy right footer in the 66th minutes after both the teams locked goalless at breather.

Ten minutes after Sesa Goa netted the goal, TFA made had a golden opportunity to equalise but missed the target as the ball deflected from the goalkeeper Shaikh Faiyaz and one of the player in the front committed handball.

Referee P Moses (Tamil Nadu) awarded a penalty to TFA, which its striker K Udanta Singh converted in the 76th minute.
As scoreline was 1-1, TFA put its act together and kept mounting pressure on the rival zone and succeeded in striking the winner in the 83th minute when forward Baidyanath Das headed home off a corner kick.
Sesa Goa, which had topped the Group C with eight points in the league stage, lost to Pune FC 1-2 in the previous match of the final phase of the tournament.