Football Leaders Academy, who headed towards the match after a stalemate against Football School of India (FSI), whereas, Rush Soccer had suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of Bodyline SC on 29th August.

The first quarter of the match was dominated by Rush Soccer. The attacking trio of Deepika Singh, Nishu Singh, and Ritu Singh caused problems for Football Leaders Academy. Nishu came close to open the scoring mid way into the first-half when she blazed her free-kick over the bar.

FLA’s heart of the defense Laura Estebeiro stood like a wall in front of Rush Soccer’s attack. The first-half ended goalless as both the sides went into the break with their heads held high.

In the second-half, FLA turned the course of the match. Tara Khatoon opened the scoring after she brilliantly slots her effort past Rush Soccer’s Custodian.

Moments later, Ritu Singh scored a stunning left footed goal to level the score at Cooperage Stadium. Suddenly, the game became open.

FLA didn’t sit back after conceding and it took another moment of brilliance from Tara to restore the parity for Football Leaders Academy. Nikita Rathod set up Tara with a pinpoint long ball who calmly finished her chance into the back of the net to give FLA all three points.

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Deepika Singh and Jyoti Kumar turned out to be heroes for Rush Soccer as both the forwards strike twice to register an emphatic victory in their opening game.

Rush Soccer’s winger Nisha Singh scored inside two minutes to give her side a dream start. She easily managed to slot past PIFA’s goalkeeper to make it 1-0.

Rush’s strong defence proved too strong for PIFA as they hardly allowed to attack their counterparts. A few minutes later, Deepika Singh made it 2-0 when her close range shot got deflected and went in.

Apart from a strong defence, Rush’s midfield also turned out to be dominating. At the stroke of half-time, Jyoti Kumar was setup by Deepika Singh as the former made no mistake to make it 3-0.

Hoping to turn around the match in the second-half, PIFA displayed a decent performance but couldn’t manage to stop Rush’s superior attack.

Midway into the second-half, Deepika scored her second when she was left unmarked in the final third which allowed her to easily beat the goalkeeper.

In the dying minutes of the match, Jyoti scored he fifth and final goal to wrap up a 5-0 win for Rush. She was also adjudged as the player of the match.

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