African player Abayomi Fakunle's hat-trick has set Church Boys United to the finals of the ongoing Mechinagar Gold Cup in Kakdvitta. This win made him forget his loss to Three Star in the Virat Gold Cup final on Thursday.
In a very exciting match, the well-known rival Machindra Club was defeated by 4-3 By defeating, the Church has reached the title . In the final match to be held on Saturday, the title of the Church Boys will be contested against the organizer Kakadvitta Football Training Center. Church Boys overturned a 3-0 lead before the first half and achieved an unexpected victory.
The game got interesting only after 30 minutes of the first half. Before that, both teams missed good opportunities to score . Machhidra's goalkeeper Vishal Shrestha saved Richard Wilson's head in the 15th minute cross pass by Jai Gurung of Church Boys.
Machchindra's Yusuf Malik's shot in the 9th minute was saved by the goalkeeper and made a corner. Machchindra's foreign player Andres Nia's shot in the 72nd minute was well saved by goalkeeper Tikendra Thapa.
when Machindra took the lead in the 30th minute. Then the Church Boys came under pressure . The goalkeeper of the church, Tikendra Thapa, was speechless when the foreign player Yusuf Malik converted the ball that could not be cleared in the penalty area. In the 43rd minute, Machindra doubled the lead and Andres Niale played a role . Aditya Shakya's cross was brilliantly parried by him. Not even a minute after the second goal, Yusuf Malik scored the second goal for Machindra and the third goal for the team.
The first half was pleasant for Machindra, but the second half became painful. After the first half the Church Boys made a brilliant and unexpected comeback . In the 61st minute of the game, the foreign player Abayomi Fakunle returned the first goal and worked to apply ointment to the church's wounds . In the 69th minute he After scoring his second individual goal, Machindra became suspicious . In the 78th minute of the game, Richard Wilson scored a goal and made the result 3-3.
After that, Machindra was completely under pressure. In the 87th minute, Fakunle completed a hat trick and made the result 4-3, finally Machindra's defeat was certain. The 'Player of the Match' of the tournament was Church Boys' Abayomi Fakunle . He is the first hat-trick scorer of the tournament. He received a cash prize of Rs 11,000.
