St. Paul’s SC showed good understanding and combined nicely to score an authoritative 4-1 win against Spartans Academy in a First Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League 2016-2017, and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Thursday evening. Judon D’Souza scored a brace while Marshal Francis and Shane Menezes added one each for St. Paul’s while Sujit M. Got the lone goal for the losers.
The St. Paul’s outfit dominated play from the outset but had to wait till the 28th minute to open the scoring with Marshal Francis finding the net before Shane Menezes added the second in the 33rd minute as give the team a 2-0 half-time cushion.
After the change of ends, St. Paul’s increased their lead with striker Judon striking two quick goals in the 62nd and 67th minutes. Spartans fought on gamely and managed to score one through Sujit M. in the 57th minute.
Results –Div-II: St. Paul’s SC 4 (Judon D’Souza 2, Marshal Francis, Shane Menezes) beat Spartan Academy 1 (Sujit M).