Agasya Mangela played a key role by scoring the lone winning goal which helped Kopana FC get the better of Ex-Servicemen SC in an engrossing First Division play-off match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2022-2023, played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Tuesday evening.
In an evenly contested encounter, striker Mangela scored the decisive goal in the 12th minute to give Kopana the lead. Thereafter, Kopana resolutely defended the advantage till the final whistle to snatch the win and collect all the three points.
In another match, Yash Nikalje scored a fine hat-trick to power Anstrengung United to a comfortable 4-0 win against Future Star Academy. After Yash Solanki scored the first goal, Nikalje scored the next three goals to complete Anstrengung United’s winning tally.
Results – First Div play-offs: Kopana FC 1 (Agasya Mangela) beat Ex-Servicemen SC 0.
Anstrengung United 4 (Yash Nikalje 3, Yash Solanki) beat Future Star Academy 0.
Third Div – quarter-finals: St. Rock’s FC 5 (Harsh Ratne 2, Abhishek Nashiba, Dhruv Kafar, Bhavesh Bhanje) beat Rising Sun FA 2 (Shrikant Guriv, Hrushi Ghatge) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 1-1.
Regal FC 7 (Pranesh Salunkhe, Agnelo Picardo, Lordston Soares, Blocher Mendes, Amstel D’Souza, Santosh Chouhan, Jay Parab) beat Unido FC 5 (Shanson Paul, Durgesh Pawar, Shaun Pereira, Aromal Narayan, Piyush Jha) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 2-2.