MANILA, Philippines - PachangaDiliman FC drew strength from African midfielder Oussenynou Diop’s hat-trick as it turned back a rallying PSG FC and surged past Kaya FC at fourth place in the First Division of the United Football League at the McKinley Hill grounds in Taguig Saturday night.
Diop uinleashed his three-goal brilliance in a 10-minute span as he scored on the 18th, 23rd and 28th minute of the first half to give his team enough cushion to weather a spirited fightback by PSG.
Down 0-3, PSG drew a goal from Emmanuel Mbata on the 42nd.
Then Promise Jolomi struck in the last minute of regulation to slice their deficit further down to one but the PSG booters couldn’t score another goal from there in injury time.