Somaiya Sports Academy were forced to drops points as they were held to a 2-2 draw by a determined D.K. Pharma SC in a tense and keenly fought First Division match of the MDFA League 2017-2018 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.
In an evenly contested encounter, Somaiya opened the scoring through Sanket Mayekar’s strike in the 28th minute and went into the break with a slender 1-0 advantage. After the change of ends, Somaiya added the second goal through Ayush Malviya in the 64th minute.
But they were unable to defend their advantage an conceded two quick goals. D.K. Pharma got both their goals through Jagjeet Singh who scored in the 72nd and 74th minutes to help his team salvage a hnourable draw and division of two points.
Results – Div-I: Somaiya Sports Academy 2 (Sanket Mayekar, Ayush Malviya) drew with D.K. Pharma 2 (Jagjeet Singh 2).