Sethu FC hammered FC Kolhapur City 9-0 in the Indian Women’s League (IWL) on Sunday with Sabitra Bhandari and Ratanbala Devi both performing hat-tricks.
Sethu was dominant from the start, making quite a few raids.
It took just four minutes to break the deadlock, with Dangmei Grace finishing off a quick move.
A little over a quarter of an hour later, the India international netted again, this time from the penalty spot.
Two goals
Four minutes later, Ratanbala scored twice in quick succession to make it 4-0.
Kolhapur defender Jabamani Tudu netted into her own goal off a cross from Ratanbala at the stroke of half-time.
In the second half, Sabitra got into the act, scoring a hat-trick in 20 minutes, starting with a 57th-minute goal which saw a Cristiano Ronaldo-like celebration.
Her second goal came off a slick move, with Sandhiya starting it and Ratanbala putting Sabitra through.
Sabitra then linked up well with Sandhiya who squared the ball back to her inside the box, and she made no mistake.
Ratanbala completed her hat-trick too, with a little over 10 minutes to go, slamming home a pass from Sandhiya to complete the rout.
SAI-STC bounces back
The day’s other match saw SAI-STC Cuttack bounce back from a disappointing loss in the previous round to register a 4-0 win over Baroda Football Academy.
After having lost the last game 10-0 against Manipur Police, SAI-STC turned things around against Baroda. It took the lead in the 50th minute through Susmita Dalei who sent a looping header over the ’keeper’s head. Deepa Nayak added to the tally three minutes later.
Niketa Bishi and Rashmi Jee netted in the final 10 minutes to make it a convincing win.
The results:
Sethu FC 9 (Dangmei Grace 4 & 20-pen, Ratanbala Devi 24, 29 & 77, Jabamani Tudu 45+3-og, Sabitra Bhandari 57, 67 & 77) bt FC Kolhapur City 0.
SAI-STC Cuttack 4 (Susmita Dalei 50, Deepa Nayak 53, Niketa Bishi 87, Rashmi Jee 90) bt Baroda FA 0.
