Friends club coach Ramesh Maharjan said he was happy with the performance of his boys against Ruslan Three Star club in Martyr's memorial A Division league.

Friends went down 2-1 to mighty Stars on Thursday.

Coach Maharjan said, "Our players are playing A division league for the first time. Our team is very youthful. We couldn't field our foreign players due to work permit issue.

"Performance wise, I am happy with the performance", said Maharjan.