Bharati Vidyapeeth, Vibgyor Balewadi, Spicer Memorial and Loyola qualify for knockouts
Spicer Memorial High School’s seven-year-old striker Daniel Malsawmtluanga won hearts by scoring twice on Day-3 of the inaugural Godrej Properties-Pune FC ‘The Futsal Cup 2015’ at the Freekick Turfs in Balewadi.
On a day, where a number of players found the back of the net, the star of the day turned out to be Daniel who scored once in each game in Spicer Memorial’s group stage wins over Bishop’s Kalyaninagar (7-0) and SKF Sports Education School ‘B’ (5-3).
After the completion of ten games, Loyola High School (Group N), Bharati Vidyapeeth, Balewadi (Group E) and Vibgyor High, Balewadi (Group E) joined Spicer Memorial (Group J) in the knockouts along with the nine teams who qualified during the first two days.
Interestingly, Daniel even turned out to be the youngest player to feature and score in the competition so far. Moreover, he was also the only Under-10 player to score on Day 3.
Meanwhile, the clash between Bishop’s Kalyaninagar and SKF Sports Education School ‘B’ turned out to be the match of the day. With both teams scoring at regular intervals, they ended up sharing eleven goals. However, despite Imran Shaikh striking four times for SKF, braces from Daksh Upadyay and Sai Sharan handed Bishop’s a narrow win in Group J.
Elsewhere in Group E, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Balewadi topped the group and Vibgyor High, NIBM came second to qualify for the knockout from the four-team group. The duo was separated only on goal difference having collected six points from three games.
Meanwhile, in Group N’s only game Loyola High School defeated Bishop’s Camp 4-1 after extra time to qualify for the knockouts.
RESULTS, Day 3
GROUP E
#1: Vibgyor High, NIBM: 1 (Mithil Navlakha) b Bishop’s Coed, Undri: 0
#2: Bharati Vidyapeeth, Balewadi: 6 (Tejas Balwadkar 3, Tanmay Balwadkar 2, Vishal Khanekar) b SFK Sports Education School ‘A’: 0
#3: Vibgyor High, NIBM: 6 (Anay Patil 2, Mithil Navlakha, Aviv Kanjilal, Asim Bakshi, Samarth Thawani) b SFK Sports Education School ‘A’: 0
#4: Bishop’s Co-ed, Undri: 2 (Aman Jain 2) b Bharati Vidyapeeth, Balewadi: 0
#5: Bharati Vidyapeeth: 4 (Vishal Khanekar 2, Tejas Balwadkar 2) b Vibgyor High, NIBM: 2 (Anay Patil, Rhian Bhog)
#6: Bishop’s Co-ed, Undri: 3 (Neel Kale 2, Harsh Kale) b SFK Sports Education School ‘A’: 1 (Arjun Bhalerao)
GROUP J
#1: Spicer Memorial High School: 7 (Daniel Paul 3, S Nongpluh, Andrew Tlau, Jimmy Haokip, Daniel Malasawmtluanga) b Bishop’s Kalyaninagar: 0
#2: Bishop’s Kalyaninagar: 6 (Daksh Upadyay 2, Sai Sharan 2, Ronak Samuel, Ishaan Nair) b SKF Sports Education School ‘B’: 5 (Imran Shaikh 4, Rohit Shelar)
#3: Spicer Memorial High School: 5 (Andrew Tlau 2, S Nongpluh, Daniel Malawsmtluanga, Daniel Paul) b Sports Education School ‘B’: 1 (Imran Shaikh)
GROUP N
#1: Loyola High School: 4 (Chetan Patil 2, Prabhansh Matharu, Daiwik Karia) b Bishop’s Camp: 1 (Roshan Naik) after extra time (Full Time Score 1-1)
