Goregaon Sport Club struck good form and romped to a fluent 2-0 win against Carmelites Sports Club in a First Division match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2023, played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Thursday.
The Goregaon outfit took the lead when striker Zakaria Shaikh hit the target in the first minute of the additional period of the opening session. Later, they doubled their lead with Roshan Kishore striking the second in the 54th minute to secure the win for the Goregaon team.
In an exciting and hard-fought contest, Goans Sports Association dropped two points as they conceded a late goal and was forced to play out a 2-2 draw with Rudra FC. In an evenly fought match, Rudra took an early lead through Sherwin Pereira. But, Goans fought back and scored two goals through Prashan Das and Satyam Thakur to snatch a 2-1 lead. But as the match seemed heading towards a win for the Goans, the Rudra outfit scored a late equalizer through Roshan Kishore to clinch a draw and share two points with the Goans.
Results – First Div: Goregaon SC 2 (Zakaria Shaikh, Roshan Kishore) beat Carmelites SC 0.
Rudra FC 2 (Sherwin Pereira, Sanskar Saundalkar) drew with Goans SA 2 (Prashan Das, Satyam Thakur).
Indian Football Club 1 (Mukesh Rawlo) beat Oranje FC ‘B’ 0.