Powered by the brilliance of striker Rishikesh Pandey who scored five goals, Mumbai Warriors Soccer Club registered an emphatic 15-0 win over Mangesh Football Academy in a Group-D match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) Youth (U-14) League 2016, promoted by the Sporting Lions and Mumbai City FC and played at the Lions Municipal Sports Complex, Vile Parle on Tuesday afternoon.
Besides Rishikesh’s five-star efforts, his teammates Miit Adekar, Shaan Joshi, Atharva Kadam and Yasir Shaikh all contributed two goals each while Ishaan Deb and Mahir Kejriwal added one each to complete the massive margin of victory.
Meanwhile, in two very closely fought and exciting encounters, J.J. Academy managed to record a 5-3 win against Hedgewar Boys and Dadar XI prevailed over FC Mumbaikars by a 4-2 margin.
Results, at Lions Municipal Sports Complex: Mumbai Warriors SC 15 (Rishikesh Pandey 5, Miit Adekar 2, Shaan Joshi 2, Atharva Kadam 2, Yasir Shaikh 2, Ishaan Deb 1, Mahir Kejriwal 1) beat Mangesh Sports Academy 0.
J.J. Academy 5 (Eshan Kalia 2, Pratik Vaplkry, Dhritiman Sriram, Kenil Sanghvi) beat Hegdewar Boys 3 (Jash Gandhi 3).
Dadar XI 4 (Punav Jaiswal, Harsh Naik, Reonson D’Souza, Carlin Pereira) beat FC Mumbaikars 2 (Chris Braganza, Om Waghmare).
Results At Schools Sports Centre, Azad Maidan.
Shastri Nagar 2 (Omkar 2) beat Youth Soccer Academy 1 ( Kaushal).
RCF 3 (Arnesh Pillais 2, Sudhansu) beat Milan Football Academy 1 (Neel Tandal).
Bombay Gymkhana 4 (Jaden Irani 2, Dexter Fernandez, Soham Dohre) beat Grey Athletic 0.
Sagar SC 6 (Sahil Gaikwad 2, Anand Rathod 3, Raj Chavan) beat Mumbai Strikers 0.