MDFA football (Elite Div):
A resilient Sellebrity FC after trailing 0-2 at the break staged remarkable fight back on resumption and scored four goals in the second period to overcome Iron Born FC – CFCI 4-2 in a well-contested Elite Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground.
The young Iron Born outfit stunned their senior and experienced opponents Sellebrity with two quick strikes through Aniket Gunja (35th minute) and Brendan Gomendes (36th minute) to take a 2-0 half-time lead.
But, Sellebrity showed the gumption for a fight and steadily came back with Agnello Picardo (71st minute) and Manish Koli (72nd minute) scoring back to back goals to restore parity. Six minutes later, Tushar Poojary (77th minute) put Sellebrity in the lead before Sunil Das (85th minute) fired home the fourth goal to complete Sellebrity’s win and to collect all three points.
Results –Elite Div: Sellebrity FC 4 (Agnello Picardo, Manish Koli, Tushar Poojary, Sunil Das) beat Iron Born FC – CFCI 2 (Aniket Gunja, Brendan Gomendes).