MDFA Elite Division: Mumbai City, Colaba SA win comfortably

by Rounak Majumdar November 5, 2019

Mumbai City FC started on a positive winning note as they defeated Iron Born FC-CFCI in the opening Elite Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Monday.

The Mumbai City outfit dominated against their younger opponents and opened the scoring in the 12^th minute through Wilsh D’Souza before Abel Fernandes doubled the lead in the 18^th-minute when he converted a penalty. Mumbai City struck the third through Aman Sayed in the 78^th minute.

Earlier, Colaba SA rallied to overcome Skorost FC 3-1 via the tie-breaker in a first round match of the Mohammed Hussain Memorial knockout football tournament for Super Division clubs. Skorost FC took the lead through Abhay Amin’s goal in the 29^th minute before Colaba SA drew level with Prashant Dhamur scoring the equalizer in the 48^th minute.

In the tie-breaker, Colaba SA managed to convert two of their attempts through Chitresh Tandel and Krishna Banerjee, while Skorost failed to score from any of their first four attempts.

Results – Super Division knockout (1^st round):

Colaba SA (Prashant Dhamur, Chitresh Tandel, Krishna Banerjee) 3-1 Skorost FC (Abhay Amin)

Elite Div: Mumbai City FC (Wilsh D’Souza 12^th, Abel Fernandes 18^th-pen, Aman Sayed) 3-0 Iron Born-CFCI

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