Striker Jaspreet Singh was in great scoring form and notched up a fine hat-trick to steer (MFC) FC India to a facile 4-0 win against Mumbai Strikers Under-19 in a First Division match of the MDFA League 2017-2018 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.
FC India faced quite a challenge from the young Mumbai Strikers and had to wait till the 40th minute to open the scoring when Jaspreet scored the first to give his team a 1-0 half time lead. On resumption, Jaspreet struck two more goals in quick succession (46th and 49th minutes) to give FC India a 3-0 lead before Sanath Valladares netted the fourth in the 79th minute to round off the winning tally.
Results – Div-I: (MFC) FC India 4 (Jaspreet Singh 3, Sanath Valladares) beat Mumbai Strikers Under-19 0.
Div-III: Karnatak SA 0 drew with Future Stars SC 0.
South Mumbai FC 1 (Arfa Vadgana) drew with Tarun Mitra Mandal 1 (Anurag Surve).