A dominant U.K. United after several missed chances initially finally succeeded in scoring twice in the second session to complete a runaway 2-0 victory against Maccabi FC in a hard-fought men’s quarter-final round match for the Late Darryl Crasto Memorial Trophy in the Catholic Gymkhana Annual Rink Football tournament. Shravan Shetty and seasoned striker Agnello Picardo scored a goal each to fashion United’s win and a passage to the semi-finals.
Prajakata Tembekar
Meanwhile, in women’s semi-final competition for the Late Dereyk DeSouza Trophy, Prajakta Tamekar showed good scoring form to hit the target twice in Bodyline FC’s facile 3-0 win against Football Leaders SC. Reetika Sahani netted the other goal to seal Bodyline win.
In the summit clash, Bodyline will take on Bandra Packers who overcame Companeroes SC by a 3-2 margin. Pooja Dhumal, Snehal Manchakar and Namrata Thakur scored a goal apiece to complete Packers win while Companeroes scored through Shalene D’Souza and Roshel Coutinho.
In a veteran men’s contest for the Late Neville D’Souza Trophy, Iqbal Nabi’s fine hat-trick was the highlight of M.K. Boys 3-0 win against Royalers, Juhu in a quarter-final match.
Results – Men Open for Darryl Crasto Memorial Trophy (quarter-finals): U.K. United 2 (Shravan Shetty, Agnello Picardo) beat Macabbi FC 0; Autonomous FC 1 (Chikku P.) beat Kalina Village Boys 0; Blunders FC 2 (Jills Geroge, Akshay Parakkal) beat Juhu Sports Club 1 (Nihal Tirkey); Boca Juniors 1 (Mario Fernandes) beat Bombastic FC 0.
Veteran’s Men for the Neville D’Souza Memorial Trophy (quarter-finals): State Bank of India 3 (Lawrence D’Souza 2, R.L. Mestry) beat Central Railway Mumbai Division 0; Golden Boys, Malad 3 (Philip D’Souza 2, Francis D’Souza) beat Macabbi FC 0; Mumbai Boxers 4 (Arif Ansari 2, Fazal Sheikh, Salim Sheikh) beat Carmelities SC 1 (Cedric Pinto); M.K. Boys 3 (Iqbal Nabi 3) beat Royalers, Juhu 0.
Women for the Dereyk DeSouza Memorial Trophy (semi-finals): Bandra Packers 3 (Pooja Dhumal, Snehal Manchakar, Namrata Thakur) beat Companeroes SC 2 (Shalene D’Souza, Roshel Coutinho); Bodyline FC 3 (Prajakta Tambekar 2, Reetika Sahani) beat Football Leaders 0.