MFA League: Yohan Mahanti Strikes Two In Romit Academy Win

Romit Academy inspired by the brilliance of striker Yohan Mahanti who struck a brace of goals defeated South Mumbai Football Academy by a comfortable 2-0 margin in a Third Division match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2023-2024, played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Monday.

After a barren first half Yohan broke the deadlock by striking the first goal of the match in the 40^th minute of the 60-minute encounter. Seven minutes later the dashing striker Yohan was again bang on target with the second goal to seal Romit Academy’s win.

In a closely fought encounter of the same division, Dadar XI worked hard and managed to snatch a tense 1-0 win against Golar India FA with striker Harsh Jadhav scoring the decisive winning goal in the 31^st minute. Harsh’s effort helped the Dadar team pocket all the three points.

In another Third Division match, Worli Warriors Academy did well to record a fighting 2-1 win against Kandivali FC. Strikers Dinesh Paswan and Samat Shaikh struck one goal each for the Worli side, while Jahaan Khan scored Kandivali FC’s lone goal.

Results – Third Div: Romit Academy 2 (Yohan Mahanti 2) beat South Mumbai FA 0.

Worli Warriors Academy 2 (Dinesh Paswan, Samat Shaikh) beat Kandivali FC 1 (Jahaan Khan).

Dadar XI 1 (Harsh Jadhav) beat Golar India FA 0.