MOCHA Champs upset Agricola Red Triangle 5-2 when the two teams collided on Sunday afternoon at the Grove Playfield as the STAG-sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Senior League continued.The opening match did not come off as Diamond United gifted a walkover to Soesdyke Falcons who move into third place on 9 points with their third win, trailing leaders Grove Hi Tech (12) and Herstelling Raiders (10), all completing five matches in the seven-team/one round league.
By the end of the first half, Mocha were well on their way to upsetting Agricola with three goals already in the back of the net. Tyshawn Forris, after the first half-hour, saw neck and neck exchanges, and broke the deadlock in the 35th minute.
This was the exact opening that the Mocha boys were waiting for, as one minute after taking the lead; they doubled the score, Forris again doing the honours of rocking the net to complete his double.
Before the break, Andel Anthony gave Agricola an indication of what was to come when he scored Mocha’s third goal in the 40th minute.
Picking up from where they left off in the first half, Mocha were back into goal-scoring stride in the 52nd minute when Anthony found the back of the nets for his second strike to make it 4-0 in favour of Mocha.
Ten minutes later the score read Mocha 5 Agricola 0, Anthony completing his hat-trick. Agricola, who lost their previous match to Herstelling, looked a shadow of themselves and had not fully recovered from the Herstelling loss.
However, they were able to pull back a couple of goals during a late surge and even missed a penalty which could have further reduced the deficit. Brian Prince in the 66th and Egbert Nedd one minute later were the only players to score for Agricola as Mocha walked away with full points in a 5-2 win.
Matches will continue tomorrow at the same venue when Diamond open against Kuru Kururu Warriors at 13:30hrs. The second game pits Agricola against Soesdyke Falcons.