MDFA football (Elite Div):
Air India scored at the death to snatch a 2-1 win against Central Railway in an Elite Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Cooperage ground.
The former champions Air India took an early lead through Sanchit Singh’s strike in the second minute. Central equalized through Shabaz Pathan goal in the 65th minute before Azfar Noorani scored a decisive winner for Air India in the sixth minute of additional period.
Earlier, Gaurav Adhikari notched up a hat-trick to power Mumbai Soccer (CNP) to a comfortable 5-1 victory against Central Railway Mumbai Division in a Super Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra.
Girish Kamath and Shavez Surve netted one each to complete Mumbai Soccer’s win while Central Railway pulled one back through Kashif Jamal.
Results – Elite Div: Air India 2 (Sanchit Singh 2, Azfar Noorani) beat Central Railway 1 (Shabaz Pathan 65).
Super Div: Mumbai Soccer (CNP) 5 ( Gaurav Adhikari 3, Girish Kamath, Shavez Surve) beat Central Railway Mumbai Division 1 (Kashif Jamal).
Second Div: Dadar XI ‘B’ 3 (Omkar Holkar, Soham Narvekar, Sumit Gawade) beat FORZA Utkarsh Mandal 1 (Atharva P.).
Om Saidham Seva Mandal 2 (Shoaib Baig 2) beat Mumbai Marines 0