Md. RafiMd. Rafi found his finishing touch back as India defeated Monsanto comfortably in the second friendly match held in Portugal. Md. Rafi got a chance to play the 90 minutes scoring a brace as India managed to pip the home side by 6-2.

Renedy Singh opened the scoring for India by converting a spot kick. Md. Rafi found the net in 40th minute and then Anthony Periera and Abhishek Yadav in quick succession to put the scoreline to 4-1 at half time.

Resuming the second half, India kept on attacking leading opening for Md Rafi and Clifford Miranda to find their way to the scoresheet.

NP Pradeep started the match but was replaced by Mehrajuddin Wadoo in the second half

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Friday 30 July 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.

Comments · 1

arun · 30 Jul 2010, 13:05

rafi will be superstar in asia cup