Soccerstar Premier League
Union Bank of India (UBI) and Waves FC, both had things much their own way and comfortably won their respective Group-B matches in the Soccerstar Premier League, powered by Rudra FC under the auspices of the MDFA and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra.
In the first match, Waves FC showed excellent understanding and were in complete control against a young Millat FC ‘B’ and romped to a facile 4-1 victory. Combining well as a team Waves FC scored at regular intervals through Hrushikesh Koli, Pankaj Koli, Jiten Koli and Jatin Koli to seal their win, while Millat FC reduced the margin of defeat with striker Abuzarr Patel netting their lone goal.
Later, UBI riding on the brilliance of seasoned midfielder Dane Pereira stormed to a thumping 3-0 win against Mumbai United to garner the full three points. Pereira put to good advantage his vast experience did well to lead from the front and netted a brace of goals. He was ably supported by teammate Saurabh Nigam who struck the third goals to finish off the contest.
Results: Group-B: Waves FC 4 (Hrushikesh Koli, Pankaj Koli, Jiten Koli, Jatin Koli) beat Millat FC ‘B’ 1 (Abuzarr Patel).
Group-B: Union Bank of India 3 (Dane Pereira 2, Saurabh Nigam) beat Mumbai United 0.