Hirai Suns put in plenty of hard work and their efforts were rewarded as they managed to clinch a narrow 1-0 win against Sanchita FC in an exciting league match of the Colaba Sports League and played at the Cooperage ground.
Both teams created quite a number of openings at either and came close to scoring on a number of occasions, but the decisive goal came towards the fag end of the match when Sushil Kawde scored from a penalty to give Hirai Suns the win. Undoubtedly Sushil was later declared ‘Player of the match’.
In another league encounter, Konnark FC pulled off a 2-0 win againstSanchita FC. Sushil Salvi and Richesh Patil were bang on target for the winning side. Konnark’s marquee player Abhishek Ambekar was later adjudged ‘Player of the match’.
Results: Hirai Suns 1 (Sushil Kawde) beat Sanchita FC 0. Player of the match: Sushil Kawde (Hirai Suns).
Konnark FC 2 (Richesh Patil, Sushil Salvi) beat Shiv Sagar FC 0. Player of the match: Abhishek Ambekar (Konnark FC).