St. Rocks struck good form to score a fluent 3-1 win against Football Leaders Academy in a Third Division matches of the MDFA League 2018-19 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.
Dominating play from the start, St. Rocks took an early lead with Aman Shaikh firing home the first goal in the third minute before Nikhil Papke added the second in the 18th minute to give his team a 2-0 half-time advantage.
Football Leaders reduced the deficit period when Hrishikesh Menon found the net midway through the second period. But, St. Rocks did well to score their third goal through Ryan Fernandes strike in the final minutes of the match.
In another match, FC Cosmos riding on Vishal Gupta’s lone strike overcame BS Pasi SC by a 1-0 margin.
Results – Third Div: St. Rocks SC 3 (Aman Shaikh, Nikhil Papke, Ryan Fernandes) beat Football Leaders Academy 1 (Hrishikesh Menon).
Sumeet FA drew with Britacel Silicones Ltd 0.
FC Cosmos 1 (Vishal Gupta) BS Pasi FC 0.