Ground Mechanix SA produced an outstanding dominant performance and blanked St. Rock’s FC 4-0 in the Third Division finals of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza Ground, Bandra on Monday evening.
Champions Ground Mechanix SA are all smiles as they pose with the winners’ trophy.
Showing good understanding and combining perfectly as a well-tuned unit, Ground Mechanix called the shots from the start and wrested the advantage with striker Vijay Rathod scoring the opening goal in the 12th minute. Four minutes later, Ground Mechanix doubled the lead when consistent goal-scorer Karan Kapoor fired home the second goal before Vicky Anthony scored the third goal in the second minute of first half additional period and they went into the break with a healthy 3-0 lead.
St. Rock’s FC team, the losing finalist, are all smiles as they pose with the runners-up trophy.
On resumption, Ground Mechanix continued to press forward and in the sixth minute of the second half, Rathod was once again on target scoring his second and the team’s fourth goal to complete their triumph.
Earlier, Sahar Silver Star got the better of Regal FC by a fighting 2-1 margin to win the Third Place match. Sumit Sagwekar and Faiyaz Shaikh scored a goal each to secure Sahar Silver Star’s win while Regal FC scored one through Santosh Chouhan.
Players of Sahar Silver Star who clinched the third place are in a jubilant mood
Kalina Strikers had some consolation as they were adjudged winners of the Fairplay Award.
Results – Third Div (Final): Ground Mechanix SA 4 (Vijay Rathod 2, Karan Kapoor, Vicky Anthony) beat St. Rock’s FC 0.
Third Place: Sahar Silver Star 2 (Sumit Sagwekar, Faiyaz Shaikh) beat Regal FC 1 (Santosh Chouhan).
Fairplay Award: Kalina Strikers.
Individual Awards – Best Goalkeeper: Pranav Ghadge (Sahar Silver Stars).
Best Defender: Devarsh Vesavkar (St. Rock’s FC).
Best Midfielder: Agnello Picardo (Regal FC).
Best Forward: Karan Kapoor (Ground Mechanix SA).