Bombay Gymkhana players lost their cool and the match as they succumbed to a 0-6 defeat at the hands of U. Mumba FC in a scrappy Elite Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019 and played at the Cooperage ground, on Tuesday morning. Karan Kapoor scored four goals, while Leander Dharmai, and Sagar Khanvilkar struck one each to seal U. Mumba’s victory.
The Bombay Gymkhana side were reduced to 10-man when referee Anthony Abraham showed the red card to Rudrashish Sengupta in the 77th minute. The referee Abraham had also booked five other Bombay Gym players, Jardin Braganza (21st min), Vikas Narkar (27th), Siddhantha Pinto (37th), Yash Chaudhary (72nd) and Harmeet Vig (75th).
Dashing striker Kapoor scored two quick goals in the second and fourth minutes and 16 minutes later added one more to complete his hat-trick and give his team a 3-0 lead. Dharmai fired in the fourth in the 29th minute as U. Mumba went into the break with a healthy 4-0 cushon. U. Mumbai scored two more goals through Kapoor (70th) and Khanvilkar (78th) to complete the big margin of victory.
Prolific striker Reuben Fernandes netted a fine hat-trick to propel JMJ Sports Club to a fluent 3-0 win against Catholic Gymkhana in a first Division match at the Neville D’Souza ground Bandra.
Earlier, Millat FC also enjoyed a good outing and blanked Madanpura FC 3-0 in another match of the same division. Salim Fazi, Umar Farooq and Usman Dhuru were bang on target with a goal each for the winning side.
Results – Elite Div: U Mumbau FC 6 (Karan Kapoor 4, Leander Dharmai, Sagar Khanvilkar) beat Bombay Gymkhana 0.
First Div: JMJ Sports Club 3 (Reuben Fernandes 3) beat Catholic Gymkhana 0.
Millat FC 3 (Salim Fazi, Umar Farooq, Usman Dhuru) beat Madanpura FC 0.