Striker Rohan scored three goals in a span of 10 minutes to knock the fight out of their opponents. He scored the first goal in the 30^th minute and then scored two quick goals in the 39^th and 40^th minute to complete his hat-trick before Hrishi Ghag netted the fourth in the 47^thminute.

Results – Boys’ Under-16: Sellebrity FC 4 (Rohan Chikale 3, Hrishi Ghag 1) beat Footie First Academy 0

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In a closely contested game of MDFA U16 Yuva president league, KSA Ambitious FA took an early lead courtesy of Tejas Koli’s fifth minute strike, then in the very next minute, Angel Erangle put Ambitious FA in the driving seat with the second goal of the game.

Things turned worse for Rudra FA when Amey Kamble conceded an own goal allowing Ambitious a 3-0 lead within the opening ten minutes of the game.

However, the game was far from over as in the second half a fight back ensued from the Rudra FA. Quick strikes from Eshan Kalia and Rishikesh Thakur gave Rudra FA a lifeline as the score line was reduced to 3-2. With time running out Rudra FA attacked with intensity however Ambitious FA’s resolute defence held on.

Ambitious FC Midfielder Mihir koli controlled the tempo of the game well from the middle often breaking opponent attacks and providing key passes to the strikers and deserving won the Man of the match award.

FT: KSA Ambitious FC 3 – 2 Rudra FA

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Playing in their first season of Youth League, Ambitious FA produced a scintillating performance to earn their first win of the campaign

After succumbing to a disappointing 0-1 loss in their opening game of U16 Youth League campaign, Ambitious came back in style with stellar 2-0 win over SSFA side in their second group game.

After a cagey start, Ambitious soon began growing in to the game with more possession and soon were rewarded with a lead in the 16^th minute. Man of the match Tejas Koli initiated the attack with a looping ball for Angel Erangale who in turn quickly headed the ball on to the path of onrushing Tejas in acres of space, as he took his time before producing a neat finish to beat the SSFA goalkeeper.

Both sides went in to the break with Ambitious leading by a goal to none. In the second half, SSFA started brightly in search of equaliser but failed to break the resolute defence of Ambitious FA. In the dying minutes, Ambitious killed off the game with a second goal coming from Devesh Bhandari.

Minutes before the full time, an attack from the right wing saw Ronit Koli putting a delightful through ball to Devesh who beat his marker first and then showcased a sense of calmness to dribble past and beat the onrushing keeper before pulling the trigger to score his first goal for the club.

The game ended at 2-0 score line as Ambitious kept themselves alive in the group with two more games to go.

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CFCI Hedgewar Boys struck prime form and charged to an emphatic 7-0 against Footie First Academy in a Rustomjee-MDFA Yuva President Boys’ U-16 League 2018-19 and played at the MSSA ground, Azad Maidan.

Leading the scoring for Hedgewar’s Boys was striker Anirudh Ruke who scored two goals and was well supported by Khush Gohil, Shlok Yadav, Atharva Kadam, Nihar Modi and Sahil Shinde, all chipping in with a goal each to complete the big win.

In another match, Samuel FA riding on Sudhanshu Naik’s lone strike got the better of Steadfast FC 1-0.

Later, India Rush pulled off a comfortable 3-1 win against Sankalp Education Trust. For India Rush the goal-scorers were  Krishnashoo Bhatia, Karm Mulchandani and Sujal Ghanekar, while Sainath Kuruba struck the consolation goal for the losers.

In the fourth match of the day, CFCI Colaba Sports League stormed to a 5-11 win against Youth FA, Borivali. Striker Sohaib Shaikh netted a brace of goals while Swayam Jain, Akhil Uchil and Suyash Sapre scored one apiece to complete goals tally for the Colaba side, while the Borivali side reduced the margin through Aryan Khemani’s goal.

Results – Boys’ Under-16: Samuel FA 1 (Sudhanshu Naik 1) beat Steadfast FC 0.

India Rush 3 (Krishnashoo Bhatia 1, Karm Mulchandani 1, Sujal Ghanekar 1) beat Sankalp Education Trust 1 (Sainath Kuruba 1).

CFCI Hedgewar Boys 7 (Anirudh Ruke 2, Khush Gohil 1, Shlok Yadav 1, Atharva Kadam 1, Nihar Modi 1, Sahil Shinde 1) beat Footie First Academy 0.

CFCI CSL 5 (Sohaib Shaikh 2, Swayam Jain 1, Akhil Uchil 1, Suyash Sapre 1) beat YFA (Borivali) 1 (Aryan Khemani 1).

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An impressive second half display gave Our Lady of Fatima a commanding 4-0 win over Oscar SSE to reach second in group A table of MDFA Youth League. Both sides started out evenly with end to end football however in the injury time of the first half, Kaushik Singh found the net to make it 1-0 as Our lady went in to break with a lead. The goal pegged back Oscar SSE as they conceded two quick goals mid-way through the second half to make it 0-3. Rshikesh Thakur struck the fourth in the 2^nd minute of injury time to compound more misery to Oscar SSE’s defence.

In the other fixture, Steadfast played put a goal less draw against football school of Indian (FSI) to make it two draws from two games while the latter holds on to the second spot with four points from two games. In a group H game, a dominant first display was enough as FC Mithagar (A) picked an impressive 3 – 0 Victory over Bravehearts. The win was the fourth on the trot for Mithagar as they continued to hold the top spot in group H table. Kelvin’s brace and Osama Mirza’s 20^th minute strike proved to be the difference between the two teams

Game 1: Oscar SSE 0 – 4 Our lady of Fatima (Kaushik Singh 25+1’, Rshikesh Thakur 37’, 50+2’, Diptiman prusty 39’)

Game 2: Steadfast 0 – 0 Football School India (FSI)

Game 3: FC Mithagar (A) 3 (Kelvin P. 15’, 17’, Osama Mirza 20’) – 0 Bravehearts

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14^th Jan,

FC Mumbaikars edged Eleven Stars 2-1 to register their second win in three games. A goalless first half was followed by an entertaining 2^nd half with both sides looking for the win. Shubham opened the scoring for FC Mumbaikars early in the second half before Shaikh Faizal draw levelled mid way through the second half. However with three minutes left to full time, Kartik Chauhan struck the winning goal as FCM took all three points.

In other game, Siddharth’s brace along with Zaid Kazi’s solo strike helped Kentaurians FC overcome Parth’s 13^th minute strike for Chembur YMCA and take all three points from the game. In group E, Indian Football Academy continued their winning run with a comfortable 3-1 win over Twinkle stars SC.

Game 1: FC Mumbaikars 2 (Shubham 31’, Kartik Chauhan 47’) – 1 Eleven Stars (Shaikh Faizal 43’)

Game 2: Kentaurians FC (Siddharth 18’, 20’, Zaid Kazi 51’) 3 – 1 Chembur YMCA (Parth 13’)

Game 3: Twinkle Stars SC (Karan 15’) 1 – 3 Tndian Football Academy (Sahil Swargiary 3’, Shlok Pabale 36’, Deepak Mehra 37’)

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15^th Jan,

Samanth’s 37^th minute strike for SP Academy cancels out Ayush Surve’s first half strike for CSL as the latter’s winning run came to an end with sharing of spoils. In group G, Edward Fernandes last minute strike gives GMSC their second win of campaign as they downed Maurya Youngstars 1-0.

Game 1: CSL 1 (Ayush Surve 17’) – 1 SP Academy (Samanth 37’)

Game 2: GMSC 1 (Edward Fernandes 50’) – 0 Maurya YoungStars

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As proceedings at the end of regulatory time ended in 2-2, the game and the tournament were won by Mumbai Rush Soccer by the narrowest of margins – 5-4 on penalties.

Mumbai Rush Soccer came into the finals on the back of a hard fought and a nail-biting semifinal win over Bharat F.C. by 1-0; Joyson Chettiar’s strike was enough to separate the two teams at the full-time whistle.

Meanwhile, Our Lady of Fatima had a similar fortune, as they got past Bombay F.C. 1-0 courtesy of Mooen Shaikh’s goal.

Steadfast FC – Mumbai Rush Soccer opened the scoring through their brilliant player Tyson Patel in the 18th minute of the match, to put his side in the driving seat in the final.

But the enthusiasm and joy were cut short when Kevin D’Souza levelled matters two minutes later in the 20th minute for Our Lady of Fatima.

As the first-half reached its final five minutes, Tyson Patel found time and space to guide home the second goal in the 26th minute.

The commencement of the second half saw a more composed and poised look at the proceedings. Without any goal-bound action for 20 minutes, Bhupati Chandra’s goal in the 50th minute levelled matters for Our Lady of Fatima later on in the second half. A scoreline of 2-2 meant the match headed into a penalty shootout at the full-time whistle.

In a tense and nervy finale, Mumbai Rush Soccer and Our Lady of Fatima were already on the edge with every move made; and a penalty shootout added to the intensity on the day.

As the winning penalty went past the Our Lady of Fatima’s goalkeeper, Steadfast FC – Mumbai Rush Soccer cheered in joy as if the festive season now had an all new and satisfying reason for a celebration at long last.

After some excited round of matches, Steadfast FC – Mumbai Rush Soccer were crowned the champions of the inaugural MDFA under-16 Youth Challenge 2016.

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