Omkar Shinde scored decisive winning goal which ensure South Mumbai United overcome Somaiya Sports Academy by a slender 1-0 margin in a first round match of the Republic Day football tournament for the Nitu Mandke Cup organized by the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Monday.
In another match, CFCI-Utkarsh Mandal scored a comfortable 2-0 win against D’Souza Football Academy. Strikers Pascol Kusherao and Mayank Rao scored a goal each for the winners.
Results: CFCI Utkarsh Mandal 2 (Pascol Kusherao, Mayank Rao) beat D’Souza FA 0.
South Mumbai United FC 1 (Omkar Shinde) beat Somaiya SA 0.
Millat FC Colts 3 (Saarim Pathan, Ahad Qureshi, Zaif Allah Shaikh) beat Anstrengung United 1 (Indra Kuntha).
Kopana FC 3 (Gaurav Mangela, Kartik Yadav, Roshan Mangela) beat Bhavesh Soccer Foundation 1 (Yampal Fabre).