Match Reports - Day 3 Of The Girls Junior National Football Championship 2015

The third 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 4 matches played on the 7th of October. Here the match reports of the same:

Match No.1: Chandigarh v/s Odisha, Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia, 7:30am

Final Score: Odisha 10-0 Chandigarh

Odisha opened their campaign with a well-deserved 10-0 victory over Chandigarh. Jasmani Samad was the star of the match and almost single handedly took the game away from Chandigarh in the first few minutes with quick goals in the 6^th and 7^th minute. Anima Malik scored a goal in the 10^th minute and Jasmani Samad scored two more goals in the 33^rd and 45^th minute. Odisha led at half-time 6-0. The second half saw a balanced attack with a lot of Odisha players getting onto the score sheet with goals in the 47^th, 55^th, 65^th and 90^th min of the match.

Goal Scorers for Odisha:

JASMANI SAMAD (6 min, 7 min, 33 min, 45 min)

ANIMA MALIK (10 min, 90 min)

SASMITA BEHARA (25 min)

ARATI SETHI (47 min)

LAHARI MANGARAJ (55 min)

SUMAN PRAGYAN MOHAPATRA (65 min)

Match No.2: Manipur v/s Pondicherry, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim, 7:30am

Final Score: Manipur 20-0 Pondicherry

Manipur dominate play for the entire match against Pondicherry and score a resounding 20-0 big margin win in their first match towards their campaign to conquer the All-India Junior Nationals U-18 Girls Championships held at Goa. Manipur looked threatening right from the start and entertained everyone present at the venue with some fine display of tactics, skills and good team coordination. Manipur took 15 mins to open the floodgates and had a very convincing 10-0 lead at half-time. N. Ratanbala Devi, H. Daya Devi and Premi Chiru combined well and were well supported by a strong midfield play. N. Ratanbala Devi was the clear stand-out with 7 goals in the entire match. H.Daya Devi scored 4 goals for Manipur and Premi Chiru scored a fine hat trick for Manipur.

Goal Scorers for Manipur:

N. RATANBALA DEVI (15 min, 40 min, 42 min, 43 min, 56 min, 65 min, 69 min)

H. DAYA DEVI (30 min, 32 min, 46 min, 51 min)

PREMI CHIRU (36 min, 38 min, 45 + 1 min)

KASHMINA (70 min, 83 min, 90 min)

Y. HEMOLATA DEVI (26 min)

S. RANJANA CHANU (78 min)

M. ACHOUBA (86 min)

Match No.3 Final Score: Haryana 2- 0 Sikkim

Goal Scorers for Haryana:

Nisha (66 min)

Anju (70 min)

Match No.4: Final Score: Delhi 6-0 Chhattisgarh

Goal Scorers for Delhi:

ANUSHKA SAMUEL (11 min, 35 min, 71 min)

DEEPIKA VENKATESH (17 min, 33 min)

CHETNA DHADWAL (88 min)

The 4th match-day looks interesting and a total of 5 matches will be played on two separate grounds. 

The Matches/Fixtures scheduled for 8^th Oct, 2015:

Assam v/s Kerala, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim, at 7:30am

Jammu & Kashmir v/s Telangana, Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia, at 7:30am

Bihar v/s Himachal Pradesh, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim, at 9:30am

Mizoram v/s West Bengal, Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia, at 9:30am

Gujarat v/s Uttar Pradesh, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim, at 4:00pm