Mumbai Marines charge to victory


MDFA Div-2 league

Mumbai Marines produced a solid combined perofmance and charged to a comfortable 4-1 win against Los Galacticos in a Second Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.

 

Los Galacticos took an early lead when against the run of play striker Mazhar Roowala found the net in the very third minute. Mumbai Marines showed tremendous fighting spirit as seven minutes later they restored parity with Sharyash More scoring their first goal and go into the break on level terms at 1-all.

 

After the change of ends, Mumbai Marines dominated play and scored thrice to run away with the match.  Jason Fernandes (40th minute), Sankalp Rajpange (65th minute) and Gaurav More (70th minute) netted the remaining three goals to complete a deserving win for Marines.

 

Earlier, Palkaya FC blanked Poisur Gymkhana 2-0 with strikers Rishikesh Mishra and Satyam Chaudhary scoring one goal each to secure the win.

 

Results – Second Div: Mumbai Marines 4 (Sharyash More, Jason Fernandes, Sankalp Rajpange, Gaurav More) beat Los Galacticos 1 (Mazhar Roowala).

 

Palkaya FC 2 (Rishikesh Mishra, Satyam Chaudhary) beat Poisur Gymkhana 0.

 

Om Saidham Seva Mandal 3 (Shoaib Baig, Navin Negi, Vaibhav Ghadge) beat Jolly Boys 1 (Arbaaz Mulla).