WCG football report:
St. Paul’s ‘A’, Dadar produced a perfect combined performance to dominate play and went on to hand Our Lady of Rosary, Mazagon a 4-0 defeat in a Men’s third round match of the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, 32nd Inter-Parish Football Tournament, played under floodlights at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (WCG) grounds.
The Dadar outfit after leading by a slender 1-0 at the break came up with strong showing in the second period scoring thrice during this period to complete the big win. Strikers Malcolm Blakely, Rahul Solanki, Francisco Salin and Merwin Stephen, all contributed with a goal each to round off the winning margin.
In contrast, Sacred Heart ‘A’, Andheri faced quite a challenge from St. Mary Magdelene, Vasai before pulling through by a 2-1 margin. Sacred Heart scored through Bhavesh Kurlekar and Sanjeev Manohar while St. Mary Magdelene got the lone goal through Joshua Carvalho.
Earlier, in a Veteran Men’s encounter, Shalom United had things much their own way and scored a convincing 5-1 victory against Vintage FC. For Shalom United striker Agnello Fernandes netted a brace of goals while Pratik Nerkar, Kingsley Rebello and Winston D’Souza added one each to complete the winning margin, while Vintage FC scored the only goal through Vasant Karkera.
Results – Men’s (3rd round): Sacred Heart ‘A’, Andheri 2 (Bhavesh Kurlekar, Sanjeev Manohar) beat St. Mary Magdelene, Vasai 1 (Joshua Carvalho).
Our Lady of Salvation ‘B’, Dadar 2 (Pranit S., Shannon Rodrigues) beat St. Joseph’s, Juhu 0.
St. Paul’s ‘A’, Dadar 4 (Malcolm Blakely, Rahul Solanki, Francisco Salin, Merwin Stephen) beat Our Lady of Rosary, Mazagon 0.
Veterans (2nd round): Shalom United 5 (Agnello Fernandes 2, Pratik Nerkar, Kingsley Rebello, Winston D’Souza) beat Vintage FC 1 (Vasant Karkera).