Mogaveera Sports Club produced an impressive combined all-around performance and went on to blank fancied Karnataka Sports Club by a comfortable 2-0 margin in an exciting and keenly contested first-round match of the Karnatak Sporting Association (KSA) organised 14th Adv. A.R. Kudrolli Memorial Knockout Football Tournament 2021-22, and played at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan.
The Mogaveera players worked well as a unit and outsmarted their formidable rivals by scoring twice through the efforts of Owen D’Souza and Yashwir Shetty to complete a deserving victory and advance to the second round.
In another first-round encounter, Jawahar Sports Club had things much their own way and romped to a 3-1 win against Saraswati Sports Club. For the winning side, strikers Dinesh Jadhav, Mohit Poojary, and Manuel Rebeiro contributed with a goal each to help their team overcome their first-round hurdle. Swapnil Koppikar netted the lone goal for the losing team.
Results – 1st round: Jawahar SC 3 (Dinesh Jadhav, Mohit Poojary, Manuel Rebeiro) beat Saraswati SC 1 (Swapnil Koppikar)
Mogaveera SC 2 (Owen D’Souza, Yashwir Shetty) beat Karnataka SC 0.