The report says Doherty built a two-goal lead inside the opening ten minutes. Henrique Magalhaes Almeida created the first for Dylan Quintanilla Monzon before scoring himself soon afterwards.
That early burst put North on the back foot, although Dickson Opuku reportedly kept the Polar Bears in contention by tipping a Magalhaes Almeida effort over the bar. North then began to threaten before half-time, with Emmanuel Osei striking the post after a cross from Leet Leet.
North’s second-half pressure was the defining challenge for Doherty. The Polar Bears reportedly hit the bar, forced a block from Gabriel Latifi and saw a Leet header saved by Cameron MacDonald.
Against that pressure, Davi Da Silva Souza produced the match-winning sequence. He is reported to have won possession in midfield, carried the ball down the flank, beaten three defenders and finished for his first goal with the team.
The goal proved decisive, even after Leet Leet and Nasredine Yussuf reportedly pulled North back into the contest late on. North improved after the interval, but the comeback ran out of time. As coach Andrew Koulisis put it: “Nós nos ajustamos no fim do primeiro tempo e jogamos bem no segundo. Criamos muitas chances que não entraram.”
Both teams reportedly sit with one win and one defeat after the opening week. For Doherty, the priority will be turning Souza’s breakthrough and a fast start into consistency. North, meanwhile, will look to carry its second-half energy into the next fixture-while avoiding another damaging early deficit.