Prolific strikers Glakson Mascarenhas and Alvin Fernandes struck four goals and three goals respectively to power Catholic Gymkhana to a thumping 10-0 win against a 10-man strong Our Lady of Fatima SC in a Second Division play-off match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League 2015-2016, and played at the MSSA Schools’ Sports Centre, Azad Maidan on Sunday. John Fernandes scored a brace and Terrence Pereira got one to complete Catholic Gym’s big win over Fatima who could only manage to field 10 players for the match.
Glakson Mascarenhas
Catholic Gymkhana fully exploited the advantage and after gaining ascendancy they hit the target at regular intervals with Glakson opening the floodgates with a strike in the very fifth minute of the match. Catholic Gym could have won by a much bigger margin, but their strikers, including Glakson and Alvin were guilty of missing clear, open chances.
Fatima put up a dogged display and managed to make a couple of sorties towards the rival cidatel but were unable to have a clear look at goal.
Earlier, Jupiter SC rallied splendidly from 0-3 first half deficit to overcome D.K. Pharma SC by a 4-3 margin.
Results – Div-II (play-off): Catholic Gymkhana 10 (Glakson Mascarenhas 4, Alvin Fernandes 3, John Fernandes 2, Terrence Pereira) beat Our Lady of Fatima 0.
Jupiter SC 4 (Dhanraj Shetty 3, Rohit Anand) beat D.K. Pharma 3 (Pratik Patel 2, Vishnu Mulik).