Vipul Gorai, Jeevies FC advance into semi-finals


MDFA report:

 

Vipul Gorai FC overcame Ace Sports Academy by by a 3-1 margin via the tie-breaker after the match ended in a goalless draw in a Third Division quarter-final match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Thursday.

 

The Gorai FC outfit showed better nerves in the tense penalty shootout duel and successfully converted three of their kicks through Nihar Mhaske, Darshan Shah and Nihar Jadhav to snatch the win and book a place in the semi-final. Ace Sports Academy scored only one through Rugved Paretkar.

 

In another match, Jeevies FC got the better of Millat FC Colts 8-7 via the sudden death tie-breaker and the full-time finished in a 1-1 draw.

 

Results – Third Div: Vipul Gorai FC 3 (Nihar Mhaske, Darshan Shah, Nihar Jadhav) beat Ace Sports Academy 1 (Rugved Paretkar) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 0-0.

 

Jeevies FC 8 (Shubham Bhobakar 2, Vijay Chavan, Tejas Pawar, Omkar Spaliga, Mukesh Kumar, Aniket Sharma, Avinash Bansode, Vikas Kumar) beat Millat FC Colts 7 (Tabish Khan 2, Shoban Shaikh, Gunwanta Reddy, ketan Patil, Aftab Khokar, Salman Khan) via the sudden death tie-breaker. Full-time: 1-1.