Stunning Army Comeback Denies Green Archers First Win, Kaya Hit Socceroo For Seven

Thursday’s second match was far more cut and dry as Kaya went on a scoring spree against struggling Team Socceroo. It was the type of attacking performance that had not been seen from Kaya in many years.

Despite a promising start to the match, Team Socceroo found themselves on the wrong end of a 7-1 walloping. Emmanuel Mbata paced the winners with a first half hat-trick, with OJ Porteria adding a brace, and Chris Greatwich and Toshiyo Hosoe adding one each.

Socceroo’s lively start unraveled in the 19th minute when a penalty was awareded after a defender had handled the ball inside the box. Greatwich converted the resulting penalty, and Kaya never looked back.

Mbata got the final touch from a corner kick to register his first goal of the League. He got his second ten minutes later, smashing in from close range after some clever interplay on the right flank from Jovin Bedic and Eddie Mallari. A horrendous goal kick cost Socceroo their fourth, as Bedic gathered the ball before playing in Mbata to complete his hat-trick.

Hosoe marked his first start of the League with a headed goal five minutes after the restart. It was the OJ Porteria show after that, as the young striker used his pace and trickery to torment his defenders with two more goals for Kaya. Lee Jeong Woo scored the consolation for Socceroo.

“We showed we have goals in us,” head coach David Perkovic said after the match. “It took us a little while to get going. Once we got the first goal though, it was pretty steiaghtforward after that.”

Read the full post-match report from the UFL here.

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