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Match Reports - Day 11 Of The Girls Junior National Football Championship 2015

Oct 16, 2015 15:39

The eleventh day of The Girls Junior National Football Championship 2015 went ahead as scheduled, today, in Goa. The tournament that is organized by Goa Football Association in alliance with the All India Football Federation had a total of 2 matches played on the 16th of October. The match reports of the same are as follows:

Match No.36- Manipur v/s Bihar, 7:30am, Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia

Final Score: Manipur 12-0 Bihar

Manipur stamped their authority as the team to beat in the ongoing Junior National Football Championship for Girls U-18 with a commanding 12-0 victory over a hapless Bihar side. Manipur jumped into the lead very early on in the match with W. Ranjibala Devi scoring a goal in the 4^th min of play. Bihar tried valiantly to control the Manipur offense briefly for a few minutes before Manipur went on a goal scoring rampage dashing all hopes of a possible Bihar comeback. Manipur although missing their star forward N. Ratanbala Devi for the 2^nd match in a row did not deter one bit and H. Daya Devi filled in her shoes to perfection. The Manipur forwards Kashmina and H. Daya Devi scored 9 goals between them with H. Daya Devi scoring in the 31^st min, 32^nd min, 78^th min, 85^th min, 90+3^rd min and Kashmina scoring in the 30^th min, 34^th min, 43^rd min and 58^th min. Left flank playmaker S. Ranjana Chanu scored a goal in the 86^th min and captain Y. Hemolata Devi scored in the 37^th min of play.

Manipur played a team game with very unselfish play and the full team displayed good speed with the ball and deft passing skills. Premi Chiru and Hemolata Devi controlled the mid-field line and Anita Devi and Ranjibala Devi combined well on the right flank. Manipur held most of the ball possession throughout the game and displayed good on ball skills with short passing game. Most of the match was played in Bihar’s half with only Tara Khatoon working really hard to drive Bihar team forward. Manipur moved the ball around well, changed sides, with lots of touches to the ball and every player was fully involved in the game. In short, Manipur totally outclassed Bihar and torched them with a dozen goals with the final score reading 12-0 in favour of Manipur.

Goal Scorers for Manipur:

W.RANJIBALA DEVI (4 min)

KASHMINA (30 min, 34 min, 43 min, 58 min)

H.DAYA DEVI (31 min, 32 min, 78 min, 85 min, 90+3 min)

Y.HEMOLATA DEVI (37 min)

S. RANJANA CHANU (86 MIN)

Match No.37- Jharkhand v/s Maharashtra, 7:30am, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim

Final Score: Maharashtra 5-2 Jharkhand

Maharashtra score a very impressive 5-2 win over Jharkhand in their concluding Quarter Final match of the Junior National Football Championship for Girls U-18, 2015. Maharashtra has been one of the crowd favorites of this championship and they put on a good display for their spectators and well-wishers to finish off their campaign in style. Bhagyashree Dalvi was the ultimate star of the match and she scored 4 goals for Maharashtra in the 38^th min, 55^th min, 55^th min and 85^th min of play to take the game away from Jharkhand. Bhagyashree was supported very well by the key Maharashtra play-maker Smriti Girish (Jersey no. 13) who was instrumental in driving the team forward and created numerous goal scoring opportunities.

It was actually Jharkhand that started off well and dominated play in the early proceedings and took the lead with a goal by Purnima Linda in the 20^th min of play. Sejal Nakhawa equalized for Maharashtra in the 30^th min and the game was back in Maharashtra’s control. Maharashtra’s midfielders worked very well in unison and V.K Sruthilakshmi, Nikita Jadhao and Zarastyn Mistry distributed the ball well on both sides of the pitch. Bhagyashree Dalvi put Maharashtra ahead in the 38^th min with a nice goal. Maharashtra led 2-1 at the Half-time mark.

Changing sides, Maharashtra took full control of the match and Jharkhand had no room to move with the strong Maharashtra mid-field keeping possession of the ball. Bhagyashree Dalvi scored two quick goals in the 55^th minute of play to give Maharashtra a 4-1 lead. Jharkhand pulled one goal back in the 65^th min with Dolly Kumari finding the back of the net to trim the lead to 4-2. Jharkhand seemed pumped up with the 2^nd goal and strived hard to move forward but Maharashtra stood firm and got their 5^th goal in the 85^th with Bhagyashree again scoring a fine goal to seal the deal against Jharkhand for an impressive final score victory of 5-2.