Pune ride on Bhandari effort; Mumbai record huge win

Pune, 15 December 2022: Hosts Pune eased through their opener, but it was Mumbai who let loose and scored at will in the Western India Football Association (WIFA) Inter District Men’s (Open) Football Tournament 2022 at the Shiv Chhatrapathi Sports Complex, Mhalunge-Balewadi, on Thursday.

The tournament hosted by the Poona District Football Association (PDFA) had Pune record an 8-0 win over Beed with Sumit Bhandari (11th, 43rd, 46th, 73rd) sastaring with a four goal-effort after Sudeesh M (8th) opened the scoring. Three goals by Satish Hawaldar (25th, 68th, 80th) added up to the Pune tally and leave Beed a frustrated lot.

Mumbai, however, lit up the day in the early session of the day scoring a thumping 16-0 win over Jalna. Mumbai rode on two four-goal efforts by Himanshu Patil (9th, 18th, 24th, 40+1) and Arif Shaikh (20th, 36th, 61st, 68th) to run riot against a hapless Jalna. Ashley Koli (15th) gave Mumbai the early lead, while a three-goal effort by Johnson Mathew (44th, 47th, 74th) , a brace by Denzil Mascarenhas (56th, 71st) and a goal each by Ansari Armash (64th) and Sunny Thakur (75th) accounted to the biggest win of the tourney so far.

In other results, Ratnagiri beat Akola 1-0 with Prathamesh Chile scoring the winner, Dhule downed Yavatmal 5-1, Sangli pushed aside Bhandara 4-2 and Nashik downed Latur 4-1

RESULTS

Ground-1: Ratnagiri: 1 (Prathanesh Chile 12th) bt Akola: 0; Dhule: 5 (Devidas Sonowane 11th, 32nd, 75th, Ankush Mohan25th; Sandip Jagtap 39th) bt Yavatmal: 0; Pune: 8 (Sudeesh M 8th; Sumit Bhandari 11th, 43rd, 46th, 73rd; Satish Hawaldar 25th, 68th, 80th) bt Beed: 0;

Ground-2: Mumbai: 16 (Himanshu Patil 9th, 18th, 24th, 40+1; Ashley Koli 15th; Arif Shaikh 20th, 36th, 61st, 68th; Johnson Mathew 44th, 47th, 74th; Denzil Mascarenhas 56th, 71st; Ansari Armash 64th; Sunny Thakur 75th) bt Jalna: 0; Sangli: 4 (Nikhil Pore 9th, 17th; Shahid Narwade 16th, 40+1) bt Bhandara: 2 (Jatin Marat 30th, 26th); Nashik: 4 (Shubham Dayma 10th, 40+2; Vedant Vedate 45th; Pradeep Kanojia 74th) bt Latur: 1 (Shailesh Boyane 66th);