Holders Air India played like true champions and soared to an emphatic 6-0 win against a lacklustre ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) in a lop-sided Elite Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League 2015-2016, and played at the Cooperage ground on Wednesday.
Air India made a perfect take-off and within the opening 10 minutes had taken a commanding 3-0 lead with Aaron D’Costa scoring the first goal to open the floodgates. Two minutes later Sunny Thakur doubled the lead before Raynier Fernandes hit the target for the third goal in the ninth minute.
Thereafter, Air India switched to cruise mode and went into the break with a 3-0 cushion. However, on resumption the airmen once against went on the offensive and got the fourth goal in the very second minute of the restart. Henderson Dias got the fifth in the 59th before seasoned and the consistent scorer Neil D’Costa hammered in the final goal in the 90th minute to seal ONGC’s fate.
The next Elite Division match will be played between PIFA Colaba SC and Karnatak SA, on Friday, January 22 at 2.00pm.
Results – Elite Div: Air India 6 (Aaron D’Costa 3rd, Sunny Thakur 5th, Raynier Fernandes 9th, Wayne Vaz 47th, Henderson Dias 59th, Neil Gaikwad 90th) beat ONGC 0.