Mumbai Football League: Cristiano, Mohd Net Hat-Trick Of Goals

Riding on the brilliance of striker Cristiano D’Souza Vasai Virar UFA went on to register a fluent 4-0 win against India On Track in a Yuva President League Boys’ Under-17 match of the Mumbai Football League 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Friday.

The Vasai Virar outfit dominated play from the start and Cristiano hit the target in the 19^th minute, 45^th minute and 52^nd minute to put his team in a commanding position with 3-0 advantage. Later, Cristiano’s teammate Dillon D’Mello fired home the fourth goal midway through the second session to complete the winning margin.

Earlier, in another match, Mohd Salim Shaikh also notched up a hat-trick by scoring all the three goals as Millan FA got the better of CFCI Mavericks by a comfortable 3-1 scoreline. Atharva Patil scored a late consolation goal for the losing side.

In a Men’s Super Division encounter, Spartans FC struck prime form and blanked Ratnam FC coasting to a 4-0 victory. Strikers Brandon Picardo, Roshan Thakur, Chetan Solanki and Joel D’Souza, all contributed with a goal each to round off the winning tally.

Results – Men’s Super Div: SG5 Sports Club 1 (Arbaz Sheikh) beat Colaba FC 0.

Spartans FC 4 (Brandon Picardo, Roshan Thakur, Chetan Solanki, Joel D’Souza) beat Ratnam FC 0.

YPL Boys’ U-17: Western SF 2 (Keta Prajapati, Aditya Suvarna) beat Kandivali FC 0.

Mumbai Strikers 3 (Siddhsh M. 2, Vedant Kamble) beat Millat FC 1 (Abdul Ghani).

Millan FA 3 (Mohd Salim Shaikh 3) beat CFCI Mavericks 1 (Atharva Patil).

Vasai Virar UFA 4 (Cristiano D’Souza 3, Dillon D’Mello) beat India On Track 0.