NAGPUR: A brilliant hat-trick by Shohrab
Ansari
propelled defending champions Young Muslim Football Club (YMFC) to a resounding 5-0 victory over Nagpur Academy in the Meghe
NDFA
Elite Division Football League at the Police Line Takli ground here on Wednesday.
Having already secured the Super Six berth,
YMCA
went all out against their rivals, who failed to advance to the next stage.
The Mominpura-based side dominated the match from the word go and struck at regular intervals with Ansari leading from the front.
Ansari opened the floodgates in the ninth minute setting the tone for the match. In the 30th minute, YMFC forwards capitalized on the poor defence of Nagpur Academy and made it 2-0 through a goal from Dinesh.
After the change of ends,
YMFA
continued their onslaught and added three more goal to their tally. Bleson Saji found the target in the 60th minute. Five minutes later, Ansari netted his second goal.
Ansari completed his hat-trick when he slammed his third goal in the 77th minute.
On Thursday, Rahul Club will take on
Young Iqbal Club
at 3.30 pm.
In the Super Division League outing played at the Motibagh ground,
Sumit Gawande
scored a superb hat-trick as
Nagpur City
edged out Eleven Star 3-2.
Gawande found the mark in the 20th, 42nd and 88th minutes. Sumrafa Arshad (56th min) and
Mohammad Saad (87th min) scored a goal each for Eleven Star.
Nagpur City's
Gufran Ansari
(56th min) and Eleven Star's Danish Jameel (90th min) were shown yellow cards for rough play.
On Thursday, Eagle Club will take on DSA Central Railway at Motibagh ground at 3.30 pm.
Suhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, J...
Read MoreSuhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, Jaipur edition.
He joined TOI Jaipur edition in February, 2023. He was also part of the TOI Nagpur edition from 2006 to 2020 as a sports reporter. He has been covering sports for more than two decades.
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