Team Herald
MURIDA-FATORDA: Reliance Foundation Young Champs were crowned champions of the Hero U-13 India Youth League after defeating Bengaluru Football Club 3-0, at Don Bosco ground Murida-Fatorda,on Wednesday. The tournament was organised by AIFF.
Reliance skipper Narendra Naik controlled the midfield and even did a striking job just in the third minute with a long range shot which failed to pop up into Bengaluru net.
Later in the tenth minute, Reliance striker Harsh Vaghela’s shot hit the Bengaluru FC side netting. A minute later, Bengaluru midfielder Aditya Kalasur’s move was tackled by Narendra Naik.
It was Prantik Sahat who slammed a powerful shot to open Reliance account off Karthick Thirumalai’s assist.
Later in the 32nd minute, Supratim Das lobbed the ball inside Bengaluru net to make it 2-0.
In the second half, Bengaluru had a chance to score in the 37th minute but Aditya Kalasur’s shot was denied by the Reliance post. Harsh Vaghela netted the third for Reliance in the 57th minute.
The winners were awarded Rs 5 lakhs plus trophy while the runners received Rs 1.5 lakhs.
Isac Doru, Techinical Director of AIFF, Henry Menezes, Deputy Chairman of AIFF Techincal committee, Abhishek Yadav Director, National team and Savio Medeira Head of Coach Education AIFF gave away the prizes to winners and runners up.
