Silver Innings FC capitalized on two early chances to score two quick goals and then soaked in plenty of pressure from a youthful Iron Born FC, but managed to scrape through, coasting to a 2-0 win in an Elite Division matches of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) and played at the Neville D’Souza turf, Bandra on Friday.
In an exciting encounter, Silver Innings stunned the opponents scoring in the first minute through Sajjad Pawar to take the lead. Six minutes later Pawar hit the target again to double the advantage. Iron Born youngsters took those setbacks in their stride as they regrouped and got their act together as they started to launch a series of attacks on the rival citadel, but all their efforts went in vain.
Earlier, a determined GM Sports Club fought hard as they recovered to overcome Sellebrity FC 2-1 in an exciting match. Sudhakar Ranjan and Vincent Rayan scored a goal each for the winning side while Kalpesh Rane netted the lone goal for the losers.
In a Second Division match, Veera United got the better of Ruffians FC ‘B’ 5-1. Strikers Ranjeet Pillai, Rayyan Sarguru, Praneet Patel, Kunal Pagare and Ahmed Benji combined well and took turns in scoring a goal each to seal Veera United’s win, while Ruffians pulled one back through Shahaan Sayed.
Results –
Second Div: The Soccer Academy 1 (Ritesh Barde) beat Rudra Soccer Star Youth 0.
Veera United 5 (Ranjeet Pillai, Rayyan Sarguru, Praneet Patel, Kunal Pagare, Ahmed Benji) beat Ruffians FC ‘B’ 1 (Shahaan Sayed).
Athens FC 2 (Vikas Parmar, Nikhil Makwana) beat Youth Soccer Academy, Mulund 0.
Elite Div: Silver Innings FC 2 (Sajjad Pawar 2) beat Iron Born FC 0.
GM Sports Club 2 (Sudhakar Ranjan, Vincent Rayan) beat Sellebrity FC 1 (Kalpesh Rane).