AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: Hailing from the state of Odisha, Mangala Club have made a huge mark on the Hero Futsal Club Championship. In their first match of the tournament, Mangala Club defeated Sudeva Delhi by five goals to three, and today, they dominated the game against Kashmir FC, with the eventual scoreline reading 18-3.

Right from the word go, Mangala Club were attacking the Real Kashmir goal time and again. They got their opening goal in the 3rd minute, as Babul Kumar put the ball into the back of the net. Dinabandhu Das scored just a minute after that, and Babul got his second in the 9th minute, stretching his side’s lead to three goals in the opening 10 minutes.

Sabareesh Sundar pulled a goal back for Real Kashmir in the 13th minute, but Dinabandhu Das scored his second goal just seconds after that to restore his side’s 3-goal advantage. Scoreline stayed 4-1 heading into the interval, but this was just the calm before the storm.

After the half-time interval, Mangala Club went out all guns blazing. They scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, with Dinabandu Das and Babul Kumar their marksmen. By the end of the match, Dinabandu Das and Babul Kumar scored 8 and 6 goals respectively, with Bijay Kumar and Niranjan Behera with a brace. Real Kashmir had little joy in the game, with Aafreen Basharat scoring one and Sabareesh Sunder getting a brace.

The next assignment for Mangala Club will be against Classic Football Academy, who are on a hot-streak of their own, having scored 15 goals in their first game of the Hero Futsal Club Championship. As for Real Kashmir, they are eliminated from the tournament with one match left.