Catholic Gymkhana continued with their impressive winning form and recorded an authoritative 3-0 victory against Storm Chasers FC Colts in a Second Division match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2023-2024 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Friday.
Putting up a solid combined performance, strikers Amol Patil, Bhavesh Meher and Curt D’Mello scored one goal each to secure Catholic Gymkhana third successive win and now top the table in Group-C with nine points.
Catholic Gymkhana started in a positive attacking fashion and called the shots from the start, and after wasting a series of clear chances they finally hit the target with hard-working striker Amol Patil scoring the first goal in the 27th minute. Eight minutes later, enterprising midfielder Bhavesh Meher’s long range shot deflected off a defender and went into the back of the net and gave Catholic Gymkhana a healthy 2-0 cushion.
After changing sides, Storm Chasers put up an improved showing and made a couple of raids at the Catholic Gymkhana goal, but they were not allowed to have a clear look at goal. Catholic Gymkhana, despite holding the upper hand, managed only one more goal late in the second half when Curt D’Mello making his debut rose high and headed home Jalmesh Nijai’s measured chip for the right to complete the winning tally. Later, Substitutes Aman Meher and Emmanuel Macwan were both guilty of failing to score from close.
In another match of the same division, Pena Madridista FC got the better of Soccer A-Z by a fighting 2-1 margin. Jackson S. and Sahil Ninawe were bang on target for Madridista while Soccer A-Z scored through Manish Singh.
Result – Second Div: Catholic Gymkhana 3 (Amol Patil, Bhavesh Meher, Curt D’Mello) beat Storm Chasers FC Colts 0.
Pena Madridista FC 2 (Jackson S., Sahil Ninawe) beat Soccer A-Z 1 (Manish Singh).
at the St. Pius College ground, Goregaon, on Tuesday.