MDFA First and Second Division update

by Siddharth Yadav December 28, 2017

27th December 2017, Mumbai: On Tuesday and Wednesday, three matches were played at the St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. On the 26th night, under the floodlights, BEST Arts & Sports Club played Miners SC ‘B’ while Naunihal FC faced Friends United FC in 2nd Division match. Meanwhile, on the 27th, DK Pharma locked horns against Goans Sports Association in the 1st Division encounter.

Second Division (Group F) – BEST Arts & Sports Club (Praful Bhoir 4′) 1-2 Miners SC ‘B’ (Joseph D’Cruz 10′ and Tejas Ghule 25′)

On Tuesday night, Miners SC ‘B’ produced a determined and spirited performance to overcome a strong BEST Arts & Sports Club side 2-1 in late kick-off at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. Their counterparts opened the scoring first in the 4th-minute itself when Praful Bhoir scored a sublime goal.

But Miners responded quite brilliantly when Joseph D’Cruz levelled the score in the 10th minute before Tejas Ghule completed the comeback with a fine strike in the 25th minute to seal all three points.

Second Division (Group B) Naunihal FC 0-0 Friends United FC  

In the second and final game on Tuesday, Naunihal FC and Friends United FC shared the spoils in an eventful 0-0 draw in a tight Group B encounter. Both the sides had their chances but due to poor finishing, they had to settle for a draw.

First Division (Group A) – DK Pharma (Chandresh Gupta 4′ OG, Kartik Naikar 7′ and Lionel Caldeira 53′ pen) 2-3 Goans Sports Association (Moni Bubere 44′ and Amitsingh Labana 62′) 

On Wednesday afternoon, DK Pharma faced Goans Sports Association in the First Division clash. What turned out to be a close affair, Goans Sports Association edged past DK Pharma 3-2 in a five-goal thriller. An unfortunate own-goal by Chandresh Gupta in the 4th minute had put Goans in front but DK Pharma bounced back with a fine goal by Kartik Naikar just three minutes later.

Moni Bubere restored the parity in the 44th minute for Goans but Lionel Caldeira’s penalty in the 53rd minute once again levelled the score. After going all-in, Goans finally snatched the decisive goal in the 62nd minute through Amitsingh Labana to snatch all three points.