Atlanta FC survived a strong challenge from a young spirited Iron Born FC (CFCI) Under-19 in a keenly contested Super Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Thursday.
The Atlanta outfit raced to a 3-0 lead with striker Vishnu Menon scoring a brace of goals and Kunal Mhatre netting one. But, the Iron Born lads put up a fighting display and struck twice in the second period through Amrit Semwal, Athar Ansari. But, they fell short of scoring the equalizing third goal and ended up on the losing side.
Results – Super Div: Atlanta FC 3 (Vishnu Menon 2, Kunal Mhatre) beat Iron Born – CFCI Under-19 2 (Amrit Semwal, Athar Ansari).