Match Reports - Day 4 Of The Girls Junior National Football Championship 2015

The fourth 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 5 matches played on the 8th of October. Here the match reports of the same:

Match No.1: Assam v/s Kerala, 7:30am, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim

Final Score: Assam 2-1 Kerala

Assam came from a goal down to win 2-1 against Kerala in an interesting match at Rosary Sports Complex at Navelim. The match started off in an evenly contested manner in which both teams were vying for the ball and wanting to take control of the match. There was a lot of action in the midfield and both the team’s defence and custodians stood tall and averted the attacks. Akshara K.A. gave Kerala the lead in the 22 min and a big boost early on in the game. Assam did not throw their towels and were back on attack after being a goal behind while fighting hard for an equalizer. The efforts made by the Assam team were fruitful in the 37 min when Dipika Gogoi equalized for Assam. Both teams went into Half time with an equal score. The second half started off in a fine manner with both Assam and Kerala looking to break the deadlock. In the 56^th minute, Assam took the lead with a goal scored by Maya Ramchiary thus making the score-line 2-1 in their favour. Kerala players tried their best to fight back and find the equalizer but the North East Indian team played with a lot of composure and displayed some good ball control to hold them off. It was Assam’s good possession play and distribution that helped them win the match with the final score of 2-1.

Goal Scorers for Assam:

Dipika Gogoi (37 min)

Maya Ramchiary (56 min)

Goal Scorers for Kerala:

Akshara K.A. (22 min)

Match No.2: Telangana v/s Jammu & Kashmir, 7:30am, Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia

Final Score: Telangana 26-1 Jammu & Kashmir

Telangana humbled a hapless Jammu & Kashmir with a huge margin of 26-1. G. Soumya was the star of the match with an individual tally on 10 goals in the entire match. Shirisha was also played a huge role in the match as she managed to get past the keeper on 6 occasions while B.Roja did the same on 5 occassions. B. Mounika scored a fine hat trick and Sarvasree chipped in with one goal. Jammu & Kashmir managed to get a consolation goal in the 20^th minute; The goal was scored by Akshara K.A.

Telangana plays their next match against Hosts Goa on 10^th Oct, 2015, 7:30 am at Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim.

Goal Scorers for Telangana:

G.SOUMYA (6 min, 13 min, 15 min, 39 min, 42 min, 49 min, 57 min, 71 min, 73 min, 76 min)

SARVASREE (16 min)

B.ROJA (24 min, 32 min, 60 min, 87 min, 89 min)

B.MOUNIKA (28 min, 43 min, 84 min)

SHIRISHA (29 min, 37 min, 69 min, 78 min, 85, 90+1, 90+2)

Goal Scorers for Jammu & Kashmir:

SONAM ANGMO (20 min)

Match No.3: Bihar v/s Himachal Pradesh, 9:30am, Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim

Final Score: Bihar 7-1 Himachal Pradesh

Bihar registered an impressive 7-1 victory over Himachal Pradesh. Majority of the action took place in the second half of the match. Bihar had a very balanced attack, goals from Tara Khatoon (22 min, 63 min), Surbhi Kumari (49 min, 52 min), Archana Kumari (38 min), Neha Kumari (66 min) and Komal Kumari (70 min) helped the side beat Himachal with a margin of 6 goals. Himachal Pradesh managed to hit the back fo the net on one occasion in 49^th min with the boots of Gurneet Kaur.

Goal Scorers for Bihar:

TARA KHATOON (22 min, 63 min)

ARCHANA KUMARI (38 min)

SURBHI KUMARI (49 min, 52 min)

NEHA KUMARI (66 min)

KOMAL KUMARI (70 min)

Goal Scorers for Himachal Pradesh:

GURNEET KAUR (42 min)

Match No.4: Mizoram v/s West Bengal, 9:30am, Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia

Final Score: Mizoram 3-0 West Bengal

A hot contested match was on cards with two heavy weights of women football in India, Mizoram taking on West Bengal. Mizoram was better not only on the tactical end but were more skilful than the West Bengal side. Grace Lalrampari gave Mizoram a big psychological advantage very early on in the match an early lead when she scored in the 9^th minute. West Bengal fought back and tried to move the ball into the opposition’s half but Mizoram stood firm with a strong midfield play and good skills. Elizabeth Vanlalmawii scored just at the end of the first half in the 45^th min giving Mizoram a 2 goal lead. The second half saw some good football but Mizoram settled in and took control of the match. West Bengal seemed to have lost the zeal to give a fight back. B. Vanlalhriattiri put the matters totally out of West Bengal’s reach with a goal in the 82 minute giving and the match ended with a good victory of 3-0 in favour of a strong Mizoram team.

Mizoram play their next match on 10^th Oct, 2015 at Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim at 4:00pm.

Goal Scorers for Mizoram:

GRACE H. LALRAMPARI (9 min)

ELIZABETH VANLALMAWII (45 min)

B. VANLALHRIATTIRI (82 min)

Fixtures/Matches for 9^th October, 2015:

Pondicherry v/s Manipur, 7:30am at Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia

Odisha v/s Karnataka, 7:30am at Rosary Sports Complex, Navelim

Maharashtra v/s Haryana, 9:30am at Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia

Delhi v/s Meghalaya, 9:30am at Navelim Sports Complex, Navelim