HONG KONG (Interstat) — Eastern AA rode K. Gondra M.’s hat trick to a 5-3 win over Southern District at Mong Kok Stadium on Saturday, improving to 1-0 in the competition and 3-4-1 overall while Southern District dropped to 0-1 in the competition and 1-3 overall. Gondra struck in the 12th and 20th minutes before Alejandro Cova made it 3-0 in the 27th. Wong Ho-Chun Anson pulled one back in first-half stoppage time, and Stefan cut the deficit to 3-2 in the 57th. Felipe Sa restored a two-goal cushion in the 60th, Balraj Landa answered in the 80th, and Gondra completed the scoring in the 87th. Wong Ho-Chun Anson and Cova were booked in the first half, while Wong Fred Yang, Lee C., Law Chun-Ting, Chak Ting-Fung and Hall C. also received yellow cards. Felipe Sa was substituted in the 88th after scoring, and Wong Ho-Chun Anson was replaced in the 86th after his goal. Eastern AA finished with five goals.