MDFA football (Elite Div):
Air India dished out a fighting display and managed to overcome a spirited Income Tax by a narrow 2-1 margin in an Elite Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Cooperage ground on Thursday.
The former champions Air India took the lead through Johnson D’Silva’s strike in the 14th minute. But, Income Tax made a string reply and quickly restored parity with Mohammed Ishaq scoring the equalizer in the 18th minute.
Five minutes later, Air India’s seasoned campaigner Santosh Koli made his presence felt slotting home the second goal to regain the lead, which they managed to hold on to till the end of the match and emerge victors.
Results – Elite Div:
Air India 2 (Johnson D’Silva 14, Santosh Koli 23) beat Income Tax 1 (Mohammed Ishaq 18).
Second Div: Yawn FC 3 (Zeeshan Shaikh, Sheldon Sharma, Rosario Dias) beat Revolution FC 0.
Koli Samaj FC 2 (Hemant Tandel, Nikhil Gaurav) beat Dadar XI ‘B’ 1 (Soham Narvekar).
Boxer FA 0 drew with Sara FA 0.