Kalina Rangers looked to be in good form and worked hard to eke out a narrow 2-1 win against KVB Franco Sports in a keenly contested Men’s Open 8th round match of the 17th Kalina Football League 2017, organised by the Our Lady of Egypt Church Sports Committee, and played at the Our Lady of Egypt Church grounds, Kalina on Thursday.
For Rangers, both the goals came through the efforts of their dashing striker Melvin Barboza, while KVB Franco Sports, who put up a fighting display, managed to pull one back through Joshua Bapat.
Meanwhile, former champions Kalina Village Boys went down fighting to Air India Colony by a solitary o0-1 margin in another league encounter. Striker Divesh Rajput netted the crucial winner to help the Colony side pick up all the three points.
In the third match, Kalina United proved too good as they blanked FC Kolovery Z3 by a convincing 3-0 margin. Strikers Monish D’Souza, Asif Khan and Alister D’Souza cashed in on the chances that came their way to score a goal each to complete Kalina United’s victory.
Results – Men Open (8th round): Air India Colony 1 (Divesh Rajput 1) beat Kalina Village Boys 0.
Kalina Rangers 2 (Melvin Barboza 2) beat KVB Franco Sports 1 (Joshua Bapat 1).
Kalina United 3 (Monish D’Souza 1, Asif Khan 1, Alister D’Souza 1) beat FC Kolovery Z3 0.