Kerala United FC won the Kalpatta Kerala Premier League football first leg semi-final. Wayanad defeated United FC by three goals. Nigerian star Isazakiel, M Manoj and Vanlal Malsavma scored for Kerala United. The second semi-final will be held on Wednesday. From the beginning of the game, Kerala United took the field. First goal in the 13th minute. It started with the throw. Isaac touched. After the goal fell, Wayanad FC played awake but the lack of finishing backfired. After the break they had two chances but could not overcome the Kerala United defence. Goalkeeper Pratish also played a brilliant game. In the last phase, Kerala United scored two more goals. The second goal was from Freak. M Manoj added United’s goal by heading the free kick. Wanlal Malsavma broke the net for Wayanad with a free kick at the last minute of injury time. Gokulam Kerala FC will face Kovalam FC in the first leg of another semi-final today. Sharafali’s protest by staying away State Sports Council President and former Kerala Police star U Sharafali stayed away from the opening ceremony of the Kerala Premier League football semi-final. The withdrawal of the initiator Sharafali is in the background of the exclusion of the Kerala Police team. Even when Sharafali said that he did not come because he had some other programs, he did not hide his dissatisfaction with the non-participation of the police team. Sharafali said that the time could have been extended to give the police team a chance to participate in the competition. It is the only departmental team in the competition. It is also second in Super Six. Sharafali said that it is necessary to select the best team. The Kerala Police had requested to extend the semi-final as they had to participate in the All India Police Tournament being held in Jammu and Kashmir. But the Kerala Football Association included Kovalam FC who finished fifth in the Super Six. Read on deshabhimani.com