Bombay YMCA ride on 2nd half blitz to beat Freunds SA 5-2
21st Feb, 2018 – A total of 5 second division matches took place on Monday and Tuesday in St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel, Mumbai. While Dadar XI registered a comfortable victory in group A, Worli Sports Club and O’Sheish FA continued their domination in group E. In group G Castle Boys and Bombay YMCA vanquished Sahar Silver Stars FC and Freunds SA respectively
2nd Division, Group A – Dadar XI (B) (Chris 4’, Fazlur 46’) 2-0 T.P.S (Grey Athletic)
In the 2nd division group A fixture Dadar XI clashed with T.P.S (Grey Athletic). It was the battle between experience of Dadar XI and young pace of T.P.S in which Dadar XI came out with flying colours.
They struck as soon as in the 4th minute after which T.P.S couldn’t recover as Chris Alphonso scored in with a solo effort. The first half was evenly contested with a slight tinge of dominance hovering with Dadar XI as T.P.S tried to fight back.
Mohsin Aga and Shadab Ansari tried to build up several attacking movement but everything was undone due to stout defending from Dadar XI backline. The best chance for TPS fell their way in the second half when Shadab was brought down just at the top of the box. His powerful freekick, aimed at right bottom corner was saved handsomely by the Dadar Custodian.
The second half completely belonged to Dadar XI as they didn’t let TPS bounce back in any means. The second goal by Fazlur Rahman was simply the best goal of the day as he took a breezy run from left after getting the ball from heavily experienced Revelino Fernandez and blasted a volley into left top corner from edge of the box.
Even after the second goal Dadar XI continued to pile pressure on TPS defense and never let them back in the game.
This game marked the second victory for Dadar XI in 6 matches as they leapfrogged to the 4th position with 9 points while TPS sunk to seventh position after suffering 5th defeat in 8 matches.
2nd Division, Group G – Castle Boys SC (Gerald 65’, Wayne 70’) 2-0 Sahar Silver Stars S.C
In another 2nd division match on Monday the group G toppers Castle Boys S.C vanquished Sahar Silver Stars to retain the top position opening up a 5 point lead over YMCA. It was a second half blitz by the Castle Boys as 2 goals in the space of 5 mins at the fag end of the match sunk the fighting SSS SC. While Gerald Abranches opened the scoring in the 65th minute Wayne Trindade got his name on the score sheet 5 minutes later to give Castle Boys their 6th victory in 8 matches as their points tally increase to 20.
2nd Division, Group E : O’Sheish FA ( Altamash 5’, Saheb 21’, Md. Ali 59’) 3-1 Bharat FC (Subham 10’)
In group E, O’Sheish FA went clear at the top of the group after a crushing 3-1 victory over Bharat FC. A total of 4 goals were scored in the match out of which 3 goals came in the first half. Altamash Khan opened the floodgates in the 5th minute for O’sheish , but Subham Jadhav restored parity just 5 minutes later following which O’Sheish took the lead again in 21st minute when Saheb Ahuja made it 2-1 going into the half. The final nail in the coffin was dealt by Md. Ali Rajani when he pushed in the third goal for O’Sheish and the last goal of the match to round up the clash. With this win O’Sheish continued their dream run with 7 consecutive victories in this campaign and is almost certain to qualify for the play-off stage.
2nd Division, Group E: Worli Sports Club (Atharva 11, Samant 37’) 2-1 Marouli United FC (Troy 27’)
Worli Sports Club squared off against Marouli United FC in quest to qualify further and won 2-1. Atharva Shinde scored the first goal after which Troy Nunes equalized for Marouli; but Prathamesh Sawant clinched the winner for WSC as he blasted in the final goal at 37th minute to gift WSC their 6th win in 7 matches and kept their hopes of qualifying alive breathing heavy on the neck of Shastri Nagar A in the third position.
2nd Division, Group G:
Bombay YMCA (Adnan 4’, Rahil 35’, 66’, Sajid 50’,Kazim 69’) 5-2 Freunds SA (Rahul 11’,18’)
It was an exciting affair when Bombay YMCA blanked Freunds SA 5-2 which was a rather ill-tempered match with referee having to use cards more often.
Adnan Ansari scored the first goal of the match as early as in the 4th minute after which a stunning brace by Rahul Bhatt saw Freunds SA coming back strongly, first in 11th minute and then again in 18th minute . Freunds SA went into the half-time with a 2-1 lead after which the whole match turned in the second half. Bombay YMCA came back strongly to fire in 4 goals with Rahil Ansari striking twice assisted by one a piece goal by Sajid and Karim to register their 5th win in 6 matches to be placed at second position behind Castle Boys.
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