Sloppy Saunders draw Solid; Hat-trick for Evans

Solid fought back from a goal down to draw Saunders 1-1 in week 1 of the Champions League 2022 match played at the Sugathadasa Stadium.

Saunders were camped inside the opposition end in the 1^st half and led 1-0 at half time through Chrishantha Abeysekara in the 16^th minute. Saunders did have a few of chances but were not able to convert them into goals.

After a couple of substitutions, Solid started off the 2^nd half well and equalized in the 55^th minute through Samith Maduranga whose low effort from 25 yards out bounced off the upright and into the goal. Saunders had multiple opportunitites towards the end but let those and the win slip away much to the disappointment of the fans.

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Serendib v St. Mary’s

Evans Asante scored a brilliant hat-trick as Serendib hammered St. Mary’s 4-0 at the Maligapitiya Grounds.

It was St. Mary’s skipper Anthonypillai Kilintas own goal that opened the scoring for Serendib in the 32^nd minute before Evans added the 2^nd in 45+3^rd minute. After half time Evans made it 3-0 in the 64^th minute and finished off the day with his 3^rd and his team’s 4^th in 90+2^nd minute.

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