Malappuram: Gokulam Kerala FC on Saturday beat Mohammedan SC 1-0 within the I-League 2022-23 opener at Payyanad Stadium in Manjeri.
In what was a repeat of final season’s title decider, Cameroonian striker Auguste Junior Boumsomlaga’s 57th-minute aim ensured all 3 factors for Gokulam.
The consequence set Gokulam on the fitting path of their quest to win a hat-trick of titles within the I-League.
Mohammedan dearly missed the companies of captain and final season’s Golden Boot winner Marcus Joseph on this conflict.
When Gokulam Kerala FC met Mohammedan SC within the I-League 2022-23 opener at Payyanad Stadium in Manjeri. Picture: I League
After the COVID years, I-League returns to its conventional home-and-away format this season. There have been 8,000 folks in attendance as we speak.
“Will probably be good for the gamers to lastly play in entrance of the followers after two seasons,” Richard Towa, Gokulam Kerala’s new head coach, had mentioned earlier than the match.
The Mohammedan head coach Andrey Chernyshov too echoed the sentiment. “It is very good to have the supporters again. Soccer is totally different with followers,” he mentioned.