Java Lane & Matara City go punch for punch; Serendib stumble again

Java Lane and Matara City kept each other in check while Serendib stumbled in the race to the championship in week 9 of the Champions League 2022.

Negombo Youth v Java Lane

Java Lane thumped Negombo Youth 5-1 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. A brilliantly executed corner kick routine saw Mohamed Aleem open the scoring for Java Lane in the 9^th minute. Naveen Jude scored the 2^nd as they went into half time leading 2-0.

Soon after half time in the 52^nd minute Oluwaseeun Olawale scored a penalty and Naveen’s 2^nd in the 68^th minute made it 4-0. Niluka Janith’s fantastic free-kick in the 70^th minute saw Negombo Youth pull a goal back but Naveen finished off the game with his hat-trick and his team’s 5^th in the 90+1^st minute.

Serendib v SLTB

Serendib and SLTB played out a 2-2 draw at the Bogambara Stadium. SLTB scored first in the 7^th minute through Shanmugaraja Sanjeev before Mohamed Issadeen equalized in the 16^th minute for Serendib.

Wijekumar Vignesh gave Serendib the lead in the 54^th minute but Vijesundaram Yugesh made it 2-2 in the 61^st minute.

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Saunders v Matara City

Matara City came away with a tense 2-1 win against Saunders in the late kick off at the Sugathadasa Stadium. Boadu Prince scored in the 24^th minute for Matara as they led 1-0 at half time.

After the break in the 49^th minute Larbi Prince made it 2-0 while Rusiru Lakmal’s own goal in the 81^st minute made it 2-1.

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