<p>Mumbai, Feb 25 (UNI) The Reliance Foundation Young Champs began the day bright <br /> an early with a 3-0 win over Southampton FC Under-14s in the PL-ISL Next Generation <br /> Mumbai Cup 2020 at the Reliance Corporate Park Football Ground, Navi Mumbai here <br /> today.<br /> Remarkably, the Young Champs seemed to get in the groove from the get go against <br /> their English opponents. Their gameplay was incredibly fluid, coherent and the boys <br /> functioned like a well-organized unit on the field. The ‘Young Saints’ were up for a tough <br /> fight and had come increasingly close to scoring the opener.<br /> However, it was midfielder Harsh Palande who handed the home side a lead in the <br /> 10th minute. Palande smartly made his way into the box, subtly collected the ball and <br /> slotted it into the net with his left foot.<br /> The Young Champs arguably had an upper hand in proceedings and they looked to <br /> be more confident in their approach whenever they had hold of the ball after breaking <br /> the deadlock.<br /> Palande could have doubled his tally in the 42nd minute but his shot was saved by <br /> Southampton’s goalkeeper, Bastian.<br /> A couple of minutes later, another Harsh, this time the striker Vaghela, came off the <br /> bench to tap home from handshaking distance.<br /> Silajit Santra, who had scored against Chelsea the other night, added another in injury <br /> time. Santra ran in through the flank to shoot the ball into the net, rounding off a <br /> commanding victory.<br /> Result: Reliance Foundation Young Champs [Harsh Palande 10’, Harsh Vaghela 44’, <br /> Silajit Santra 50+1’] beat Southampton FC: 3-0.<br /> UNI BM</p>