Pune FC-SGFI: Maharashtra U19 boys shock Odisha
The Maharashtra boys overcame the spirited resistance of Odisha 1-0 in a Group-D encounter at the Pune FC Training Pitches, Mamurdi, while the girls pushed aside Punjab 5-4 via the tie-breaker after playing out regulation time sharing four goals.
The hero of Maharashtra boys was Farukh Chaudhary who netted the all-important winner in the 56th minute of the match.
At the Balewadi Sports Complex, Maharashtra girls did well to take the advantage twice through the Pawar sisters Aishwarya (12th) and Vaishnavi (36th) before a fighting Punjab rallied to equalise. The Punjabi girls had Manpreet Kaur (14th and 40th) bail them out.
In the ensuing tie-breaker, Maharashtra had Abeer Azbiwala, Suman Salia, Vaishnavi Pawar convert from the spot, while Manpreet Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur earned success for the losers.
The win thus enables the hosts complete a hat-trick of wins in their openers after the Under-19 girls had won their game yesterday.
Results:
BOYS, Under-19: Assam: 5 (Emmanuel Walswanliaw 3, Didone Hajury, Shampow Rongne) bt Tamil Nadu: 1 (Ajit Kumar)
Chhatisgarh: 2 (Dinesh Kumar, Manish Singh) bt Daman & Diu: 0
Maharashtra: 1 (Farukh Chaudhary 56th) bt Odisha: 0
Madhya Pradesh: 9 (Harsh Somi 3, Shivam Lal 2, Sunny Jananger, Gautam Kanojiya, Kunal Hasan, Siddharth Balivn) bt Navodhay Vidyala Sangathan: 0
Uttar Pradesh: 3 (Mithun Manhas, Kamruddin) bt Gujarat: 0
GIRLS, Under-19: Maharashtra: 2 (3) (Aishwarya Pawar 12th, Vaishnavi Pawar 36th; Abeer Azbiwala, Suman Salia, Vaishnavi Pawar) bt Punjab: 2 (2) (Manpreet Kaur 14th, 40th; Manpreet Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur)
Haryana: 3 (Sanju 2, Mamta Singh) bt Delhi: 0
Odisha: 1 (Susmita Tirkey) bt Puducheri: 0
Madhya Pradesh: 3 (Seema Narekar, Yashodha Singh, Nisha Bais) bt Indian Public School Committee: 0
Chandigarh: 1 (Anika Kumari) bt Uttar Pradesh: 0
Tamil Nadu: 6 (R Sandhiya 2, V Sowbakkiyam, K Kaviya, R Jeevitha) bt Uttrakhand: 0
Chhatisgarh: 1 (Chandrika Mandari) bt Karnataka: 1 (Prajwa Poonachia).
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