Serendib & Matara City in close wins; SLTB upset St. Mary’s

Serendib, Matara City, SLTB and Super Sun secured wins in week 2 of the Champions League 2022.

New Star v Serendib

Serendib fought hard to earn a 3-2 win against a determined New Star outfit at the Sugathadasa Stadium.

Evans Asante gave a 2-0 lead to Serendib – a penalty in the 11^th and a long range effort in the 14^th minutes – early on before Mohamed Anas pulled a goal back for New Star in the 17^th minute. New Star dominated the game thereafter and could have equalized if not for Chameera Krishantha’s wayward penalty.

Serendib got some breathing space with their 3^rd goal in the 75^th minute through Mohamed Issadeen who finished off a wonderful link-up play with Evans. Substitute Ahamed Adil made it 3-2 for New Star in the 84^th minute but equalizing third goal eluded them.

Matara City v Police

Matara City made it two wins in two matches defeating Police 3-2 at the Kotawila Grounds in Matara.

Boadu Prince scored in the 20^th minute for Matara before Nabeel Sudar equalized for Police in the 33^rd minute. Keshan Duminda made it 2-1 for Matara in the 59^th minute and an own goal from Hashika Navoda in the 62^nd minute gave them a 3-1 lead and atwo goal cushion. Anthony Thanujan pulled a goal back for Police in the 68^th minute but they were not able to find the third.

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SLTB v St. Mary’s

SLTB bounced back from the week 1 loss to Moragasmulla to secure a tight 1-0 win over St. Mary’s at the Maligapitiya Ground, Kurunegala.

St. Mary’s were coming off a 4-0 loss to Serendib last week and their misery continued with SLTB’s Sivaraja Krishanthan scoring the only goal of the match in the 55^th minute.

Super Sun v Saunders

Super Sun defeated Saunders 2-1 at the District Sports Complex in Galle. Saunders took the early lead in the 10^th minute through Pathum Gimhana. Hasitha Priyankara equalized for Super Sun in the 26^th minute and 10 minutes later in the 36^th minute an own goal from Indreewa Udara proved to be the winner for Super Sun.

Crystal Palace v Pelicans

Crystal Palace and Pelicans played out a 1-1 draw at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy. Rajikumar Shanthan scored in the 8^th minute for Pelicans but in the 75^th minute Ibrahim Jimoh found the equalizer for Crystal Palace.   

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