MDFA football (Elite Div):
Mumbai Customs continued with the impressive run of form as they snatched a close 2-1 win against Maharashtra State Police in an Elite Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Cooperage ground on Thursday afternoon.
C.S. Naseef and Hekmat Singh scored a goal each for Customs while the Policemen were lucky to score one goal courtesy and own goal scored by Hekmat in the second half.
The defending champions Mumbai Customs started on a positive note and opened the scoring inside the first quarter of an hour when striker C.S. Naseef found the back of the net in the 14th minute to give Customs a 1-0 half-time lead.
Customs surrendered their slender advantage when their seasoned defender Hekmat deflected the ball into his own goal in the 52nd minute and provided the state cops with the equalizer.
However, the dependable Hekmat atoned for that mistake as he scored the decisive winner in the 88th minute to secure Customs victory and the full three points.
Results – Elite Div: Mumbai Customs 2 (C.S. Naseef, Hekmat Singh) beat Maharashtra State Police 1 (OG-Hekmat Singh).
Second Div: The Oranje FC 1 (Amrendra Singh) beat Sporting Options FC 0.
Sara FA (Shahnawaz Khan) drew with Milan FA (Pawan Gurav).