Maryland United produced another fine performance as they tamed Ruthless SC 2-0 in a Group-A league match of the third Borivali Premier Football League (BPFL), conducted by the Borivali Sports Foundation, under the auspices of the MDFA and played at the St. Francis D’Assisi High School ground, Borivali (West).
Action during the match played between Challengers FC and Kajupada FC in the 3rd Borivali Premier Football League (BPFL), conducted by the Borivali Sports Foundation.
The experienced Collin Abranches and Ashirwad Hegde scored a goal each to fashion Maryland’s second successive win in the competition.
Meanwhile, in a Group-B encounter, Challengers FC dished out a solid combined performance to comfortably overcome Kajupada FC 4-1 for their first win. They had played out a goalless draw with ND2 Soccer Stars in the opening group match.
Challengers went on the offensive from the start and got down business immediately and they opened the scoring through Abhishek Gupta in the very third minute. Fifteen minutes later Ajay Ghansham doubled the lead (2-0). They continued to exert pressure on the rival citadel and consolidated their lead (3-0) with Mayur Shirke scoring in the 30th minute before Kurban Shaikh completed the winning tally with the fourth in the 43rd minute. Kajupada managed to reduce the deficit when Aniket Khedar found the net in the 56th minute.
Results – Group-A: Maryland United 2 (Collin Abranches, Ashirwad Hegde) beat Ruthless SC 0. Player of the Match: Christopher Fernandes (Ruthless SC).
Group-B: Challengers FC 4 (Abhishek Gupta, Ajay Ghansham, Mayur Shirke, Kurban Shaikh) beat Kajupada FC 1 (Aniket Khedar). Player of the Match: Kurban Shaikh (Challengers FC).