MDFA Update: India On Track, Mangesh SA end campaign without any wins
Both the third division outfit drew their last league matches, ending their campaign without picking up a single win while in 1st division Kenkre U17, Young Guns FC pick comfortable wins
21st January: 3rd Division:
With the cramped window of dates for conducting three of the five divisions in MDFA with one of the factors being the record 100+ teams in 3rd division, the associations went ahead with the play-off schedule once the top two teams of each group were confirmed keeping the others games scheduled appropriately to time slot available on later dates. One such date was yesterday where three games were scheduled to continue finishing up the available league games. While the result of these games had no effect on play-off standing it was important for teams to finish off their campaign on higher note.
In the opening game of the day, Alpesh Ghanariya’s fourth minute strike had put Mangesh SA into the lead only to be denied by Nimesh Pawar’s 2nd half strike as the former ended its 3rd division campaign without a win, after registering just two points in seven games. At the other end 7B Star ended at the fifth spot after securing 8 points in seven games. In the next match, O’sheish FC faced Om Sai Dham, both sides has already qualified for their play-off, playing their last league game it was former who came out with a dominant performance to finish 2-0 with Rahil Damani and Zainuddin Shaikh scoring late in the game.
In the mid-afternoon fixture, India on track were held to a 1-1 draw against SDKT. Maaz Hasmi opened the scoring in the fourth minute which was cancelled out by Jason Fernandes seven minutes later.
Game 1: Mangesh SA (Alpesh Ghanariya 4’) 1 – 1 7B Star Sports Club (Nimesh Pawar 39’)
Game 2: O’sheish FC 2 (Rahil Damani 48’, Zainuddin Shaikh 49’) – 0 Om Sai Dham
Game 3: India on Track (Maaz Hasmi 4’) 1 – 1 S.D.K.T (Mumbai Marines) (Jason Fernandes 11’)
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1st division:
19th January:
Kenkre U17 blanked six past a hapless Soccer A to Z with Ninglum Chahongnao scoring four goals. After a quite first twenty minutes, Kenkre exploded with Ninglum scoring two quick goals. Mehul Solanki slotted the third before Ninglum finished off his hat-trick. Minutes after the hour mark, Somishon Shira striked the fifth before Ninglum finished the game off with the sixth strike deep in the injury time.
Game 1: Soccer A to Z 0 – 6 Kenkre U17 (Ninglum Chahongnao 25’, 30’, 56’, 70+5’, Mehul Solanki 43’, Somishon Shira 63’)
20th January:
Aditya Rawal’s brace alongside Dharmendra Tripathi’s sole goal in the first half gave Young Guns a comfortable 3-0 win. Despite improved second half display by Goregaon SC, they failed to reduce the deficit as the game ended at 3-0.
Game 1: Young Guns FC 3 (Aditya Rawal 8’ 17’, Dharmendra Tripathi 11’ – 0 Goregaon SC
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