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Sahil Hate’s lone strike for St. Paul’s SC sinks ICL – B

Galwin Pereira — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:15:21 +0000

15^th January 2017, Mumbai: ICL – B played a First Division MDFA, Group D match against St. Pauls S.C at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. The game only saw a lone strike from Sahil Hate who scored for St. Pauls which earned them all 3 points in a crucial match.

Both the teams played an excellent game until Benny Monteiro from St. Pauls in the 12^th minute was punished with a yellow card for pulling off Keegan Fernandes’ jersey from behind just on the left-hand side of the box who also ended up conceding a free kick. Both the teams went into the break with the score even. To change things up both teams made several changes as they proceeded towards the second-half.

Soon in the 41^st minute a strike from Sahil Hate for St. Pauls came out to be the opener and respectively the winner but to change things up substitutions were made in the second half as for ICL – B as Bijoy Varghese, Ronald Aranha & Rohan Kokate were replaced by Akshay Agarwal, Akshayraj Ansurkar & Roshan Kotian respectively along with St. Pauls who brought in fresh legs as Ajay Karotiya & Clayton Pereira replaced Benny Monteiro & Swapnil Mhatre respectively to hold their nerves back in the defensive line which worked well as the full-time scoreline ended up as 1-0 win in the favour of St. Pauls S.C.

St. Pauls stand 2^nd just behind ESIC both with 13 points but they are currently falling short in goal difference along with ICL B who have won just 1 point from five games as they are in the relegation zone.

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Photo gallery: St. pauls vs Goans (MDFA: St. Xavier’s Parel Div I)

Suraj Nayak — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:31:05 +0000

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St. Paul’s vs Goans SC clash ends in a stalemate

Siddharth Yadav — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:09:18 +0000

On 3rd November 2016, Goans SC held St. Paul’s 1-1 in the Group D fixture of MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) First Division clash at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. The match’s tempo was high as both the outfit kept on attacking both sides with sheer intensity.

Xavier Fernandes opened the scoring in the 25th minute for St. Paul’s, whereas, Mangboi Maolip leveled the scored twelve minutes later to salvage a point for Goans SC.

St. Paul’s dominated the match as their attacking trio of Marshal Francis, Shane Menezes, and Parag Mhatre kept threatening Goans’s backline for the majority of the match with their brilliant link-ups and pressing.

The breakthrough came in the 25th minute when Xavier Fernandes’ solo effort put St. Paul’s in front which was a deserved goal after their domination. Goans SC’s goalkeeper Aakash Bhosle meanwhile injured his ear and had to be taken off.

Goans SC started to press high and it proved to be very effective as Mangboi Maolip equalized in the 37th minute to turn the match on its heads.

The second-half saw an end to end match. Both the outfit kept on going forward to grab the winning goal but somehow both the team’s backline stood like a wall in front of the defense to prevent any goals.

Goans’ Abed Mulla came agonizingly close when his powerful shot from right flank almost went in the back of the net but St. Paul’s goalkeeper Girish Solanki made a fabulous save to deny Abed.

Both the teams had to settle for a draw as the referee blew the final whistle.

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