Delhi continue unbeaten run, Telugu outclasses Mumbai

by Chittu Shetty September 22, 2017

Ronaldinho’s magic in Premier Futsal continues as he bags a brace in Delhi Dragon’s another win while Telugu beat Mumbai to reach second on table

PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar

Kerala Cobra’s losing streak continues with a fourth consecutive defeat, after losing 4-6 to Delhi Dragons. In other game, Ryan Giggs led Mumbai Warriors succumbed to another loss with a 3-5 defeat to Telugu Tigers.

Riding on Henrique Catarino’s brilliant hattrick and Ronaldinho’s touch of class Delhi Dragon beat a spirited Kerala 6-4. The game began with Kerala taking an unexpected lead when Rolon conceded an own goal. However Delhi came back strong with a flurry of attacks. Ismail Hamdaoui and Henrique Catarino opened the scoring and despite Kerala coming back strong through goals from Salgado, Ron and Daniel. Ronaldinho struck a late brace to finish off the game.

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In the other match, Mumbai warriors faced Telugu Tigers. Peerapat and Anupam opened the scoring for Telugu in the first quarter to take them to a quick 2-0 lead. However Mumbai came back quick in the 2^nd quarter to make it 2-1 through Rico’s goal. In the third quarter, Mauro canal struck the third one for Telugu to make it 3-1. Just when it looked all over, Mumbai came back strong early in the final quarter; Goncalves and Ryan Giggs goal put them on level terms. However Peerapat and Anupam came back with late goals to complete their braces and the game at 5-3 score line in favour of Telugu

With this win Telugu jumped to number 2 spot with 9 points just behind the unbeaten Delhi (10 Points) while Bengaluru came down to third spot with seven points, both with a game in hand against Delhi. At the other end, defending champions Mumbai are at the fourth spot while last year’s runners-up Kerala Cobras are at the bottom of table, yet to open a account in points table.