Millat FC started with confidence and were rewarded early. In the 14th minute, Keegan calmly converted a penalty to hand his side the lead. The goal gave Millat control, but PIFA continued to press with enthusiasm, showing glimpses of promise despite their inexperience.

The second half began in ideal fashion for Millat. Roger struck in the 49th minute, doubling the advantage just moments after the restart and putting Millat firmly in command of the match. From there, Millat managed the tempo well, limiting PIFA’s chances and defending with discipline.

The win lifts Millat FC into third place on the table, moving above Mumbay FC on goal difference. For PIFA, the performance highlighted potential within their young squad, but they will look to turn effort into points in the coming matches.

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Millat FC came into this game with a must win situation against St Sebastian who were looking to escape relegation. Income Tax were watching this as any result apart from a win for Millat FC would put them in the driver’s seat.

St Sebastian’s and Millat FC both played an end to end game. An St Sebastian had the best two chances of the half when their striker missed two one on one’s. The second being Millat FC keeper’s brave effort to come running out of goal and clearing the ball. On the other side , Millat FC played some beautiful football but failed to capitalise on the chances near the box. At halftime it was 0-0 with the second half still to go.

The second half was a roller coaster as it produced four goals. Millat FC scored first in the 47th minute when number 10 Farman Khans netted from a cross coming in from the right. Did well to control the ball before slotting it home. As it looked like they would make it 2-0, St Sebastian came back into the game making it 1-1. Number 19 Dalton Wilson crossed from the left with no one in the box. The ball hit number 5 Saalik Khan and went inside his own net in the 62nd minute. And just when they went to park the bus tactics there was a twist in the game. St Sebastian started a counter attack through which their player was fouled  inside the box earning them a penalty. Number 19 Dalton Wilson stepped up and converted the penalty to make it 2-1.

It was a huge mountain to climb for Millat FC as they now had to score two goals. Meanwhile St Sebastian parked the bus and were clearing all the balls near the box including the crosses coming in.

But in the 88th minute number 17 Runal Bhatt made a brilliant run behind the defence to cross inside the six yard box for number 5 Saalik Khan to score the equaliser. He made up for his mistake in defense after that own goal. Any attempts to make it 3-2 failed as at fulltime the match ended 2-2.

Income Tax benefit from this result as it now puts them in the driver’s seat.

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Kenkre under-19s were up against their compatriots from group ‘D’, Millat Football Club in the Mumbai District Football Association Super Division match on Friday afternoon, 29^th January 2016, at Poinsur Gymkhana. The first-half of play began on a positive note as both sides were setup to attack; first, Millat Football Club and, then Kenkre under-19 attempted long shots on-goal with neither of shots coming-off as a ‘shot on target’.

Early-on in the opening 10 minutes of the game, both sides came-out of their respectively closets to entertain with open-attacking football, but it was Millat F.C. from the onset, who created a host of ‘certain’ goal-scoring chances leading to the opener in the 8^th minute from Saalik Khan, who despatched Millat F.C. in the lead from the penalty-spot.

Kenkre under-19’s approach dramatically shifted in the aftermath of conceding the goal and just 2 minutes, later they stumbled to concede on the counterattack as Karan Khanna was found in-space, and the number 11 made no mistake in guiding the ball past the goalkeeper’s left-hand side. The goal added-up to mammoth task Kenkre under-19s were to overcome and a handball appeal waived-off in the 16^th minute of the match added to Kenkre under-19’s anguish.

With the score at 2-0 inside 20 minutes, Kenkre under-19s didn’t have much to lose as they continued to pursue a fight-back into the game. The Red Lizards’ build-up play wasn’t according to their coach’s laid-out plans, and Akhil Kothari continuously asked his players to push-up and circulate the ball with more directness. Kenkre under-19’s misplaced a number of passes in midfield while they were in an attacking phase, which gave Millat F.C. ample chances on the break, which they seemed to threaten with at any given time.

Faran Butt’s goal in the top right-corner from a set-piece near the half-way line in the 29^th minute was a timely reminder of the number 8’s capabilities. 2 minutes later, Kenkre under-19s received another shocker as they slipped to concede a fourth and a second-goal on the counter-attack from Karan Khanna, who lashed on to a loose-ball after the goalkeeper had saved a shot from a tight angle by Runal Bhatt. Though, the first-45 minutes came to a closure on a positive note with Kenkre under-19 finding a hatful of attempts on target in the closing moments of the first-half.

Coach Akhil Kothari changed his side’s system from a 4-4-2 to a 4-1-4-1 to add more purpose and stealth in attack in the second-half, but a determined and less fearful Millat F.C. were capable of holding-out Kenkre under-18s to succeed on a fine display of attacking resilience from the first-half. Kenkre under-18’s Nathan Fernandes alongside his teammates Athang Kanekar and Brent Fernandes, who came-on as a substitute in the first-half combined well throughout the second-half to create and convert any half chance.

Although, the most threatening the Red Lizards looked were when Nathan Fernandes solo-runs created a couple of chances down the right-side, first, number 27 scored in the 66^th minute, second, in the 75^th minute when Nathan Fernandes was unlucky to hit the right-hand post with a similar run, which bought him and his side a consolation goal.

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