Kenyan international Pistone Mutamba featured for 90 minutes as his Nepali club, Himalayan Sherpa registered a 1-0 win over Satdobato Youth on Monday afternoon at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu.The result helped Sherpa move to fifth in the league table with 11 points after seven rounds of league matches. They have picked three wins, two draws, and two defeats in their first seven league matches so far.“It is an important win for us. We had to fight really hard to get all three points and we are glad that our effort paid off with an important away win. The result also moved us up in the league table and we have to maintain this momentum and keep winning matches. The confidence is there right now and we have to keep improving by building on the two wins. The target is to keep moving up in the table and compete against the best,” he told Mozzart Sport.Himalayan Sherpa Club defeat Satdobato Youth Club by a solitary goal to climb to the 5th spot of the Martyr’s Memorial A Division League. 8th round matches to begin from Friday.#KantipurNews pic.twitter.com/0EOid9zVbe— Kantipur TV HD (@ourktv) January 3, 2022 The tightly fought match began on a high with both teams creating goal-scoring opportunities but the first goal came a minute before the break from the spot. The hosts committed a foul in the area and a penalty was awarded from which, Himalayan captain, Bishwas Shrestha scored what eventually proved to be the winning goal.The hosts had a chance to salvage a point in the game deep into stoppage time when they were awarded a penalty of their own but Cameroonian forward, Martin Silo missed. Next for Mutamba nd Himalayan is a match against Three Star on Sunday 9th January away.
