The Oranje FC dished out a solid fighting performance and managed to snatch a narrow 1-0 victory against Kenkre FC in a keenly contested Elite Division (Private) League match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Monday.
Both The Oranje FC and Kenkre FC outfits played an open attacking game and there were quite a number of goal-scoring opportunities at either end, but the strikers failed to hit the target in the first session and the scoreboard remained blank at the break.
However, after the teams switched ends, The Oranje FC attackers who looked a bit sharper managed to break the deadlock with their opportunistic striker Rinaldo Fernandes managed to fire home the decisive lone goal in the 56th minute which helped his team to clinch the win and pocket the full three points. Fernandes was later declared as the ‘Best Forward’ of the match.
In another match, Atlanta FC got the better of India Rush Soccer Club by a tight 2-1 margin. Tanmay Dayanand scored the first goal in the 28the minute to give Atlanta the lead, which was cancelled out by Utkarsh Shukla who struck the equalizer in the 33rd minute as the teams went into the break on level terms at 1-all.
In the second period, Atlanta did well to score a second goal through the efforts of Arif Shaikh in the 53rd minute to seal the win and collect the full three points.
Result – Elite Div: The Orange FC 1 (Rinaldo Fernandes) beat Kenkre FC 0.
Atlanta FC 2 (Tanmay Dayanand, Arif Shaikh) beat India Rush Soccer Club 1 (Utkarsh Shukla).