Thursday, January 14, 2010: Western Railway outplayed counterpart Central Railway by a handsome margin of 5-0 in the all railway’s affair tie of the MHA Super League played at the MHA Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate.
C.Rly the semi-finalist of the just concluded 9th Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup Hockey Tournament 2010, today C.Rly were totally outclass by W.Rly overall a customary rivalry over each others. C.Rly was put back to their walls throughout the regulation period by W.Rly. At breather W.Rly were having a comfortable cushion of 4-0 score.
W.Rly ace striker Hardeep Singh put W.rly by 2 goals in the very 1st quarter of play time by scoring superb gield goals ( 7th & 9th minutes ), after missing a stroke in the 13th minutes W.Rly undeterred displayed awesomely Vinod Kumar added the 3rd goal ( 27th minutes ) through a deflection act from close quarters ( 3-0 ) However just 2 minutes remaining for the half way hooter Jayesh Jadhav’s hort in from acute angle a direct pass unleashed from the 25 yards by Hardeep Singh ( 4-0 ).
After resumption W.Rly kept intact their earlier half script however they failed to score missing ample sitters upfront while C.Rly never looked to be in the play earned just 1 p.c compared to W.Rly’s 7 p.c both sides failed to convert either of them whatsoever Jayesh Jadhav completed the tally in the 69th minutes for W.Rly Jayesh Jadhav banged in from the ‘D’ top into the wooden cage ( 5-0 ) when asked for the debacle C.Rly manager Javed Sayed said that 5 regular players being down by viral fever as committed earlier.
We had to play with our bench strength whatever the outcome could be. W.Rly have garned 19 points from 8 ties played so far ( 6 wins, 1 draw & 1 loss ) while for C.Rly today’s being their 3rd loss accumulating 17 points from 10 matches played so far ( 5 wins, 2 draws & 3 losses ) however they ( C.Rly ) have finished their engagements in the MHA Super League.
Tomorrow’s match will be played between Mumbai Customs and S.A.I.