Community Football Club of India (CFCI) was engaged in grim battle with Kenkre FC, but managed to pull off a narrow 2-1 win in a boys’ under-13 Yuva President’s League (YPL) match organized by the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) and played at the Neville D’Souza turf, Bandra on Saturday.
Showing good understanding from the start, CFCI took an early lead through Aston Martin’s strike in the seventh minute before Ayaan Gogvekar doubled the lead with the second goal in the 24th minute. Kenkre FC managed to reduce the deficit when Dhiaan Sheth hit the target in the 30th minute.
Later in the day, Mumbai City FC proved too strong for 7B Star and charged to a facile 7-0 win. Strikers Jess Bhobe and Siddhant Chiplunkar both scored a brace of goals each, while Hamza Haider netted one to complete the winning tally.
Results – Boys’ U-13: CFCI 2 (Aston Martin, Ayaan Gogvekar) beat Kenkre FC 1 (Dhiaan Sheth).
Conscient FA 2 (Neil Mathew, Devansh Wayal) beat MSP-TSA 1 (Jaeden Gautam).
Mumbai City FC 5 (Jess Bhobe 2, Siddhant Chiplunkar 2, Hamza Haider) beat 7B Star 0.
Boys’ U-15: 7B Star 7 (Yohaan Panjuani 3, Vignesh Chettiar, Shlok Samal, Eshan Khamkar, Adair D’Souza) beat Srima FC 0.