Mumbai Strikers survives; defeats CBI 2-0

26th March 2018, Mumbai: Newly-Promoted Mumbai Strikers, against all the odds, has successfully survived the 2017-18 MDFA Elite Division season after defeating Central Bank of India (CBI) 2-0 yesterday at the Cooperage Stadium. This was Mumbai Strikers’ second consecutive win which helped them to clinch their third win of the season.

With this win, the Strikers have cemented their place at the eighth position in the Elite Division table, earning 11 points in 10 games. Other relegation bound clubs, PIFA Colaba, Kenkre FC and Century Rayon are the bottom three teams as of now with PIFA having two games in hand. Mathematically, two consecutive wins have cemented Mumbai Strikers’ place in the Elite Division for another season.

Meanwhile, Central Bank of India’s poor season continued as they suffered their sixth defeat of the season. Only Kenkre FC has lost more (7). They are fourth from the bottom with eight points in ten games.

Central Bank of India had a decent game but Sandeep Singh’s boys made the most out of it. To put in simple words, Mumbai Strikers were clinical in front of goal. After failing to convert few opportunities, the deadlock was finally broken in the 44th minute when Akshay Devadiga scored a sublime goal to put Strikers in front. Akshay’s goal broke CBI’s momentum at a crucial stage of the game.

In the second-half, CBI looked disjointed. All their misses came back to haunt them when Abhishek Bhagat’s strike in the fourth minute of the stoppage time put the game to bed as Mumbai Strikers went 2-0 up in what was the final piece of the match.

After a struggling start of the season, Mumbai Strikers picked themselves up in a commendable fashion. The spark and courage they showed in the Super Division were finally evident in the Elite Division.

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