Pune FC-SGFI Nationals: Maharashtra U19 boys shock last years runners up Odisha

Hosts Maharashtra had a field day with the Under-19 boys scoring the biggest upset shocking last year’s runners up Odisha, while the Under-17 girls doubled joy earning opening round success in the Pune FC-59^th SGFI National Football Championship, on Sunday.

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 56^th minute of the match.

At the Balewadi Sports Complex, Maharashtra girls did well to take the advantage twice through the Pawar sisters Aishwarya (12^th) and Vaishnavi (36^th) before a fighting Punjab rallied to equalise. The Punjabi girls had Manpreet Kaur (14^th and 40^th) 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 56^th) 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 14^th, 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).