Powered by Shoiab Baig’s hat-trick Om Saidham Seva Mandal defeated RCF Colony Boys 3-1 in a Div-III pre-quarter-final play-off match of the MDFA League 2018-2019 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.
Baig showed great opportunism and drew first blood by netting the first goal in eight minute. Later, the dashing striker Baig scored two quick goals in the 24th and 29th minutes to round off the winning tally. RCF Boys pulled one back through Arnesh Pillai’s strike in the 43rd minute.
In another match, Marven Pereira’s 19th minute strike helped Youth Soccer Academy prevail over Britacel Silicones Ltd by a narrow 1-0 margin.
Results – Div-III (play-offs): Om Saidham Seva Mandal 3 (Shoiab Baig 3) beat RCF Colony Boys 1 (Arnesh Pillai).
Youth Soccer Academy 1 (Marven Periera) beat Britacel Silicones Ltd 0.