Bandra Gym football
Catalans Sports Club fought hard to eke out a narrow 1-0 win against Joga Bonita SC in a Men’s Open second round match of the Bandra Gymkhana Annual Floodlit Rink Football Tournament 2019, organized under the auspices of the MDFA and played under floodlights at the DPRC grounds, Bandra. Aniket Khadehar struck the decisive goal to secure Catalans victory.
In a well-contested and exciting encounter, Autonomous SC stormed to a fluent 4-1 win against I,C. United to advance to the third round. Striker Akshay Chavan netted a brace of goals while Sanjeev Manohar and Jason Miranda chipped with one apiece to seal Autonomous win while I.C. United pulled one back through Aditya Shetty’s efforts.
Meanwhile, in a Veterans Men’s encounter, Xavierities SC blanked ABC Sport Club, Malad with prolific scorer Adrian Moraes netting all the three goals.
Results – Mens Open: Juhu Akers 3 (Mahesh Kotkar 2, Akash Anil) beat Disco United 2 (Ajit Rajbhar, Shail Shaikh);
Mora Villagers 2 (Vicky D’Souza, Ajinkya Birajdar) beat Mighty Young Joe 0;
Meghdoot SC 5 (Vishal Kapse 2, Akshay Kapse 2, Zeeshan Tharia) beat Cecilians FC 4 (Ronald Abraham2, Wayne Trinidad 2);
Catalans SC 1 (Aniket Khadehar) beat Joga Bonita 0;
Autonomous SC 4 (Akshay Chavan 2, Sanjeev Manohar, Jason Miranda) beat I.C. United 1 (Aditya Shetty);
Future Stars 5 (Asad Khan 2, Omkar Shinde, Divyan Patil, Aniket Panchal) beat Glorian FC 4 (Earl Tannen, Meldon Dennis, Darryl D’Souza, Nigel Marshall);
Veterans Men: St. Joseph’s, Juhu 4 (Anslem Creado 2, Cornelius Pereira, Robert Kunnel) beat Soccer Stars 1 (Sagar Patil);
Xavierities SC 3 (Adrian Moraes 3) beat ABC SC, Malad 0;
Macabbi FC 3 (Martin D’Souza, Clint Fernandes, Godfrey D’Souza) beat Bandra Packers 2 (Simon Fernandes, Oneil Kalicharan);
Spartans 2 (Appa Rao Chiman, Chetan Solanki) beat Royalers Juhu 1 (Anthony Rodrigues).