Posted: Sep 10, 2022
Auburn, ME - CM hosted the Northern Essex Community College Knights, marking their first regular season game.
The Mustangs started strong. Barely 2 minutes had passed when Ini Farrah won a free kick at the edge of the Knights box. Abdifatah Yussuf rocketed the freekick into the top corner of the goal off of an Isidoro Domingues indirect touch.
In the 6th minute a long corner fell to Isidoro who fed Sasha Bruno. Sasha cut inside before unleashing another unstoppable shot to the top corner of the Knights goal. Bringing the score to 2-0.
The Knights cut the deficit in half off of a penalty kick in the 10th minute. The Mustangs failed to clear the ball from a corner and the resulting cross struck the hand of a Mustangs defender. Jonathon Diaz scored the penalty for NECC.
With 9 minutes left in the first half the Mustangs regained their 2 goal lead. Ibrahim Daud fed a ball from his own half beyond the NECC back line for Igor Domingues to round the keeper before slotting it into the open net.
Romano Bassa got in on the scoring in the 40th minute. Igor Domingues challenged a ball in the air that broke to Bassa in the box who slotted a bouncing ball past the goalkeeper to extend the CMCC score to 4 goals.
On minute 41st CM tallied a goal of the season contender. A corner was played into the box. Mosses Lumu headed the ball on to Ibrahim Daud who struck a bicycle kick past the despairing dive of the NECC goalkeeper.
The Mustangs took a 5-1 lead into the second half. CM continued to control the majority of possession and Bassa was rewarded with his second of the game with 10 minutes left on the clock. Daud won a freekick in the NECC half and played a long diagonal pass over the Knights defense where Bassa controlled the ball and hit a shot low to the corner to bring the score to 6-1.
The Mustangs return to action this wednesday when they host the SMCC Seawolves.
