Matansa Football Club recovered from a so-so performance in the first two weeks of the 2012 NMIFA Men\u2019s Spring League after clobbering Shirley\u2019s FC, 7-1, last Sunday at the Oleai Sports Complex Field.<\/p>\n
Matansa, which had a draw and loss in its first two matches, drew a hat-trick from Dhiraj Chhetri to prevail in the battle of winless teams. Shirley\u2019s absorbed its third loss in as many games.<\/p>\n
Aji Mandampala, Rangit Bairagi, and Kamrul contributed one goal apiece and Matansa got a goal off Shirley\u2019s error late in the first half for a 5-1 lead at the break. Taro Goto nailed Shirley\u2019s only goal in the match at the 12:33 mark, cutting Matansa\u2019s lead to two, 1-3. Mandampala, Bairagi, and Chhetri scored the first three goals for Matansa and the latter added one more past the halfway mark of the first half.<\/p>\n
[B]KFAS 3, SKY 3[\/B]<\/p>\n
In the second game at the Oleai pitch, Korean Football Association on Saipan and SKY engaged in a draw.<\/p>\n
Young Ha Hwang and Guang Lin Li scored in the 17th and 21st minute, respectively to power SKY to a 2-0 halftime lead. However, SKY collapsed defensively in the second half, allowing KFAS to force a draw late in the game off Dae Min Jeon\u2019s hat-trick<\/p>\n
Jeon broke KFAS\u2019 long silence with his goal in the 85th minute. He made another one two minutes later to equalize and then nailed his third goal a minute later to put KFAS in the lead.<\/p>\n
Then one minute before the match ended, Hang Guo Piao saved SKY as he scored the game-tying goal.<\/p>\n
With the draw, KFAS and SKY remained winless with the former having two draws and one loss and the latter earning one draw and a defeat.<\/p>\n
[B]Wild Bill\u2019s 1, Inter Godfather\u2019s 0[\/B]<\/p>\n
In the third game, Wild Bill\u2019s gained a share of the lead with Tan Holdings (2-0-0 win-draw-loss record) after outclassing Inter Godfather\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Adul Detdon posted the lone goal in the game in the 21st minute to keep Inter winless in three matches. Inter\u2019s first two games resulted in draws.<\/p>\n
[B]Tan Holdings 3, Shirley\u2019s FC 0[\/B]<\/p>\n
Tan Holdings notched its second win in as many games after shutting out Shirley\u2019s FC on March 21.<\/p>\n
Panapa Peteru made twin goals for the co-leading team, while Jersh Angeles added one.<\/p>\n
While Tan Holdings\u2019 record is still undefeated in two games, Shirley\u2019s has yet to win after three assignments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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