Nandimittra, Java Lane in Premier League final

It was only the luck which lacked Colombo FC who lost to Java Lane to bow down at the Premier League semi-final played at City Football Complex in front of thousands spectators.

The pre-tournament favorites Java Lane could not settled at all and the ball possession was with Colombo FC for over 60% of the game. Both started with attacking football and Java Lane managed to find the net at the 28th minute with N. adbulla making no mistake converting the through pass he received from the mid field.

yet the Colombo FC did not give up but accelerated the speed creating many goal scoring moves and credit should go the Java Lane goalkeeper Sashi who was the former national goal keeper and stood like a Wall to prevent the ball hitting the net. Java Lane was leading 1-0 at lemons.

The three Nigerians playing for Colombo FC, played a good game and the 2 Airtel Rising Stars Shasni from Colombo FC and Zarvan from Java Lane, fresh from Manchester United trading camp played a superb game for their teams. As both teams are from the same area the match had created a rivalry, the pressure was too high in the field resulting were two red cards shown by referee Tharanga to Java Lane players.

This will have an effect to Java Lane line up for the finals as they will be with out these two players and have unnecessary pre match pressure for the all important finals.

Nandimittra beat new comers Moragasmulla Youth 2-0

It was experience and professional approach that led to victory for Nandimittra who last year played in the Dialog Champions league and was relegated to Division I.

Moragasmulla team from Kotte played well in the first half to contain much fancied Nandimittra till the end of half time with nil all. But soon after the break with in 10 minutes Nuwan Priyankkaara netted two good goals to the dismay of Moragasmulla fans and the game ended with the same results leaving Moragasmulla out of the tournament.

So Nandimittra and Java Lane will be elevated to play in the Dialog Champions League for the coming season and an exciting Finals will be on cards to select the champions of premier Division 1.

This year it was remarkable that the tournament was very competitive in the league stages with Kurunegala Pelicans, Matara Youth, Anuradhapura Solid, Beruwala, Super Sun Colombo FC with many national stars and African players together with thousands of their home fans created a massive impact for the championship.

It is for sure that these teams will pose a threat to any of the big names in Sri Lankan club football arena in the coming competitions.