Atlanta FC scored deep into stoppage time to snatch a tense 1-0 win against Mumbai Knights – JMJ Sports Club in an Elite Division match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Tuesday.
Opportunistic and consistent goal-scorer Himanshu Patil scored the decisive winning goal in the eighth minute of additional period to seal Atlanta’s win and the full three points.
In another Elite Division match, Karnatak SA defeated a youthful Iron Born FC 3-0. Abdul Khan scored a brace of goals and Aashish Lalge netted one to seal the win.
Earlier, Sports Options got the better of The Soccer Academy by a 2-0 margin in a first round match of the Republic Day football tournament for the Nitu Mandke Cup. Shrikant Rawat and Ayush Bagwe succeeded in scoring a goal each for the winning side.
Results – Republic Day (1st round): Sporting Options 2 (Shrikant Rawat, Ayush Bagwe) beat The Soccer Academy 0.
SG5 Bharat FC 2 (Aryan Palande, Mervin D’Souza) beat Navnagar SA 1 (Amar Yadav).
Elite Div: Atlanta FC 1 (Himanshu Patil) beat Mumbai Knights-JMJ Sports Club 0.
Karnatak SA 3 (Abdul Khan 2, Aashish Lalge) beat Iron Born FC 0.