JMJ Sports Club displayed excellent fighting qualities as they came from behind to overcome Ratnam Sports Club by a narrow 2-1 margin in a First Division semi-final match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Monday.
In keenly fought and absorbing contest Ratnam took the lead through Kevin Johnson strike. But, JMJ Sports Club came roaring back and found the equalizer through Christopher Sequeira’s efforts and went into the break on level terms at 1-all.
In the second half, both team worked hard in search of goals, but JMJ Sports Club succeeded to hit the target when Tarique Ansari scored the winner midway through the second half. Thereafter, JMJ Sports Club defended stoutly till the end of the match to emerge victors and book their place in the final.
Results – First Div (semi-finals): JMJ Sports Club 2 (Christopher Sequeira, Tarique Ansari) beat Ratnam Sports Club 1 (Kevin Johnson).