Indian sports wrap, September 7: Malappuram FC off to winning start in Super League Kerala
The HinduFOOTBALL Manzi, Faslu score as Malappuram sparkles in MSLK’s opening night John Gregory, who had coached Chennaiyin FC to the 2017 ISL title, has moulded Malappuram FC into a fine unit and it showed as the side comfortably beat Forca Kochi FC in the inaugural Mahindra Super League Kerala opener at the Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Saturday night. Uruguay-born Spaniard Pedro Manzi and Kerala’s M. Faslu Rahman scored a goal each and came up with an assist too in the opening session as Malappuram walked all over a quiet Kochi. The opening goal came after one such move with Faslu sending a long cross from the right which Manzi nodded home neatly minutes after the start. Kochi appeared lost for a major part of the game and its best chance came late in the first half but Tunisian Dziri Omran shot wide from close.