Pune FC-SGFI Nationals: Maharashtra U17 girls enter last 8 with all win record

Maharashtra Under-17 girls romped into the quarterfinals with an all-win record in the Pune FC-59^th SGFI National Football Championship, at the Balewwadi Sports Complex (Warm Up ground), on Monday.

Having beaten Andhra Pradesh (2-0) late Sunday night, the girls extended their winning run by scoring a 2-0 win over Punjab. Striking a goal in each half, the first by Komal Deokule (15th) and Karen Paes (30th) Maharashtra finished with the distinction of topping their group without conceding a goal. Earlier, the hosts had blanked Gujarat (9-0).  

In the only Under-19 girls pre-quarterfinal encounter played today, Chattishgarh edged out Pudduchery 2-1 via the tie-breaker after ending the first half goalless.

In the ensuing tie-breaker, Vandana Kumari and Shahin gained success, while Valdrin reduced for the losers.

RESULTS

GIRLS, Under-17: Karnataka: 4 (Shivani, Dipti Thassama, Linisha Fernandes, Linisha D’Silva) bt Vidya Bharati: 0

Tamil Nadu: 2 (A Kartika, A Melisia) bt Diu & Daman: 0

Chattisgarh: 2 (Anjali A, Jyotnur Sethi) bt CBSC: 0

Maharashtra: 2 (Zarastin Mistry, Komal Deokule) bt Andhra Pradesh: 0

Haryana: 3 (Monika Devi 2, Nisha Kumari) bt Diu & Daman: 0

Punjab: 2 (Gagandeep Kaur, Sandeep Kaur) bt Gujarat: 0

Maharashtra: 2 (Komal Deokule, Karen Paes) bt Punjab: 0

Andhra Pradesh: 2 (Revathi B, Roja Bhanot) bt Gujarat: 0

GIRLS, Under-19: Karnataka: 7 (Suhani Shetty 2, Bindu TG 2, Pranjna Poonacha, Chinmayi ES, Carol Coutinho ) bt Uttarakhand: 0

Tamil Nadu: 6 (R Sandhiya 3, R Sindhu 2, R Chamundeshwari) bt Chattishgarh: 0