Alpha Football Academy scored an early goal and then defended resolutely to carve out a narrow 1-0 win against Hedgewar Boys in a Third Division match of the MDFA League 2018-19 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.
The hero of Alpha FA’s win was striker Ronak Santara who found the back of the net in the 10th minute of play. Thereafter, Alpha FA put up a compact defence to deny the rival strikers for finding the net.
In another match, RCF Colony Boys scored an identical 1-0 win against SC Chincholi with Atharva Sawant netted the all-important winner in the 25th minute.
Results – Div-III: Alpha Football Academy 1 (Ronak Santara) beat Hedgewar Boys 0.
RCF Colony Boys 1 (Atharva Sawant) beat SC Chincholi 0.
Om Saidham Seva Mandal 2 (OG-Arvind Naga, Shoaib Baig) beat Sachivalaya Gymkhana 1 (Bharat Chinkate).