Div III Football
Sanpada FC and Footie First FC scored convincing victories to storm into the Third Division final match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019.
In the first semi-final, Sanpada FC rinding on Aditya Dhumal’s hat-trick romped to a comfortable 5-1 win against Om Saidham Seva Mandli at the Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri Sport Complex. Dhumal opened the scoring in the 14th minute and then added two more in the 23rd and 40th minutes too complete his feat. Dinesh Kamath (31st min) and Waseem Sayed (44th min) added the other two goals to seal Sanpada’s big win. Tejas Borkar struck the lone goal for the losers in the 26th minute.
In the second semi-final, Footie First romped to a fluent 3-0 win against Lemon Break FA. Strikers Alister D’Souza (6th min), Rohit Walmiki (38th min) and Judon D’Souza (50th min) were on target with a goal each to secure Footie First success.
Results – Div-III (semi-finals): Sanpada FC 5 (Aditya Dhumal 3, Dinesh Kamath 1, Waseem Sayed 1) beat Om Saidham Seva Mandli (Borkar Tejas 1).
Footie First FC 3 (Alister D’Souza 1, Rohit Walmiki 1, Judon D’Souza 1) beat Lemon Break FC 0.