Team Herald
NAVELIM: Royal Wahingdoh FC defeated Mumbai Football Club 5-1 in the Nike Premier Cup 2016, All India Football Federation Under-15 Youth League 2015-16, final round Group C match, at Navelim ground, on Thursday.
In the first half, the score was 1-1 draw.
Royal Wahingdoh FC should have scored a dozen goals through combination of Thongram Santosh Singh and Phrangki Buam on many occasions but Mumbai FC goalkeeper HarshalTandel was equal to the task under the bar making good saves.
Mumbai FC took the lead through Clivert Demers in the 15th minute but Royal Wahingdoh FC managed to equalise minute before half time through Thongram.
After the lemon break, Royal Wahingdoh FC gained momentum. Phrangki made a good attempt after dribbling Mumbai FC defenders Ranson Patel and Jahan but inside the rival box Nikhil Prabhu intentionally kicked Phrangki for which match referee Mario Valles awarded a penalty kick. But Phrangki failed to convert into goal as it hit the Mumbai FC goalpost and rebound back into play in the 48 minute.
This time in the 61st minute, Phirangki took the chance for the missed opportunity to make it 2-1.
Rheadolf Nelson scored the third goal in the 68th minute while Thongram Singh made it 4-1 in the 89th minute. Phrangki netted the fifth goal in the 91st minute.
In another match, Minerva AFC demolished Ozone Football Academy 4-0.
At Nagoa ground, Pune FC thrash Salgaocar FC 4-0. Ishan Dey (9’), Soraisam Singh (28’), Nonglei Laitonjam (43’) and substitute Gulam Ansari (86’) scored the goals to script the Greens defeat.
The first half kicked off with both the teams showing some skilful moves.
However, the Pune outfit were clearly the better of the two sides as it took them under 10 minutes to crack the Salgaocar FC defence. Ishan was able to beat custodian Antonio D’Silva as a result of a clever through ball from his side.
The Greens had a few good goal-ward attempts via Ribhav Sardessai, Fhezer Gomes and Levy Pereira but were denied by the opposition’s defence while their custodian Deepak Saravanan pulled off some good saves.
As the game drew close to the half-hour mark, Laitonjam doubled the lead as he received the ball from a throw-in and sent a scorcher from just outside the box.
The third goal of the day was a result of a miscommunication among the Greens defence which Laitonjam capitalised on as he sent the ball into goal. The Pune side were in the driver’s seat at half-time as the scoreboard read 3-0 in their favour.
In the second half, the Salgaocar FC lads seemed to have pulled the socks up as they had a slight shift in positions when Aaron Bareto was sent up to strike. This seemed to put the visitors on the back foot as they cracked under the pressure to concede a penalty which Ribhav failed to convert.
The final goal of the game was scored by substitute Gulam as he cleverly dodged the Salgaocar defence and got the fourth goal past Antonio.
Mohammedan Sporting Club came from behind to hold SAI-Guwahati to a 1-1 stalemate in their Group-B clash.
Mohammedan SC colts found the equaliser in the 59th minute through substitute Md. Giasuddin Sheikh after SAI-Guwahati took the early lead in the 7th minute through Raikut Shisha Buam.
After the draw, Mohammedan SC remained at second position with four points from two games while SAI Guwahati, who are also on four points, leading the group standings courtesy a better goal average. Mohammedan SC now take on Salgaocar FC at the same venue on Saturday.
