The first half both teams had equal position of the ball but CFCI looked more of a threat to get the first goal and that’s what happened as Digvijay went on to put CFCI in front in the 18th minute. PIFA tried to put in through balls but there wasn’t any finishing touch for them. The first half ended at 1-0.

The second half consisted of a lot of missed chances from both teams with Pifas keeper Malhaar being the busier one. CFCI had a number of opportunities to extend their lead but ding grab them with both hands. Pifa looked for a comeback but due to little to no players on the bench for them they struggled to get the most out of their squads. The game ended at 1-0 with CFCI taking home the 3 points on a narrow lead but get back to winning ways but Pifa will look to get their first points on the board in their upcoming matches.

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Aditya Dalvi and Venkatesh (Venky) were the goalscorers in normal time who scored two fantastic goals to keep PIFA Colaba in the contention to lift the Title. In the penalty shootout, Prince, Sushil, Ranjan, Mikhil, Kalpesh, Aditya, and Pritam converted their penalty kicks which helped them to clinch the Bhawani Gold Cup 2018. For his impressive display, PIFA’s Prince was adjudged as the player of the match.

On the road to the final, PIFA Colaba had defeated BSF 5-2 in penalties after the match ended 1-1 in normal time. Prolific striker Elvis had scored for the boys in orange earlier in the game. In the semis, a goal each from Elvis and Aditya proved enough to see-off Kerala Police in the semi-final.

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Kenkre FC dominated the play from the very first minute, as they continued to fancy their chances throughout the 90 minutes. The opening goal of the match came due to the courtesy of Klien Pinto’s lovely cross inside the box into Shimyu Sasikumar Manikkoth‘s path, who converted the chance to give his side the upper hand in the 18th minute.

Another goal in the 55th minute by Defender Shaunak Ghorpade, put Kenkre in complete control of the match. Ghorpade headed the ball powerfully in the far left post straight from the corner taken by Klien Pinto.

That wasn’t enough from the winning side as their substitute Yash Angre in the 88th minute guided a low pass in to the path of another substitute Krishna Vijayan, who scored to seal the victory.

With two games remaining Kenkre FC have now won two, drawn one and lost three in their U18 I-League fixtures. Whereas PIFA Colaba, on the other hand, are yet to grab a single point in this season’s I-league.

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Kenkre FC started off brightly against Mumbai FC but failed to maintain the intensity for the rest of the game. Mumbai FC utilized their chances well and registered a 2-0 victory at Cooperage Stadium, courtesy a goal from Bryce Miranda and substitute Rabiul Shaikh to kick-off their season with a perfect win.

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Kenkre FC will have to start without their midfielder Alok Chauhan as he was sent off for receiving two yellow cards against Mumbai FC. Although Sagar Amin’s side has quality players at his disposal with the likes of Shubham Mane, Marc D’Souza, and Sandeep Manoharan.

The boys in green must create chances which were lacking in their opening game against the Yellow Submarines which turned out to be fatal. Whereas, PIFA Colaba is been injected with a new squad which seems quite energetic.

The host will hope to start their campaign on a brighter note, whereas, Kenkre FC will surely look forward to grabbing maximum points to get back on track. Nonetheless, the match will surely live up to its expectations.

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With this win, DSK Shivajians is comfortably leading Group B with 12 points in 4 games, scoring 24 goals and conceding a mere 4 goals only, whereas, PIFA Colaba is yet to win a match this season and is currently at the bottom of the table.

It only took the visitors seven minutes to open the scoring. Laldawngkima set up Sameer Kashyap who scored a sublime goal past PIFA Colaba’s custodian Maneet Malhotra to give DSK Shivajians a solitary lead. Five minutes later, Sameer doubled his and DSK’s lead by scoring another goal when Defender Lalramchhuana provided him with a delicate through ball.

Once again PIFA Colaba’s weakness was exploited by DSK Shivajians. High Pressing did the trick as the visitors dispossessed their counterpart number of times to break their rhythm of play.

Harsh Bartwal, who had a fantastic game when these two sides met in a corresponding fixture back in October, scored DSK Shivajians’ third goal in the 24th minute when Laldawngkima send him completely free on goal. It was Laldawngkima’s second assist of the game.

C. Lalremruata joined the party ten minutes from half-time as DSK increased theirs to four goals. Sameer Kashyap who had scored the first two goals now provided a fine assist to send the visitors into the break with a resounding score of 4-0.

PIFA Colaba finally managed to open their tally when Akash Rathod scored a brilliant goal in the 55th minute to cut short the deficit. Apart from Akash Rathod, Captain Akash Jadhav had a fine game who turned out to be the one assisting PIFA Colaba’s goal with a pinpoint pass.

Unfortunately for Nagesh Swamy’s side, DSK restored the parity through Laldawngkima who scored DSK’s fifth goal of the game. The final and sixth goal was scored by Clivert Demers in the injury time to complete a 6-1 rampage.

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In the corresponding fixture on 22nd October, DSK Shivajians inflicted a thumping 10-0 victory at DSK Dream City after an electrifying performance. DSK’s Captain F. Malsawmtluanga netted a fine hat-trick, whereas, Laldawngkima, Adnan Syed, and C. Lalremruata scored twice with Harsh Bartwal also got on the scoresheet. So far, DSK Shivajians is currently leading the Group B table and are the favourites to qualify for the next round.

PIFA Colaba is at the bottom of the table with two points in five games and would have comprehensively defeated Steadfast FC – Mumbai Rush SC last week, but the lack of finishing cost them their first win of the campaign.

PIFA’s Captain Akash Jadhav and his namesake Akash C. Jadhav, both have been impressive for Nagesh Swamy’s side. The duo must step up against the mighty DSK to stand a chance of claiming their maiden victory in this season.

On the other side, Michael Rice’s side has a terrific team at his disposal. F. Malsawmtluanga, Laldawngkima, Umair Saiyyad, Clivert Dimers are some of the names which can create problems for PIFA Colaba.

Nagesh Swamy’ side must step up their game and close down DSK’s midfield in order to hope for a positive result.

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The corresponding fixture on 16th October also ended in a 0-0 draw at Cooperage Stadium. After this draw, Steadfast FC is still in the third position in Group B with five points in four games, whereas, PIFA Colaba is at the bottom of the table who are yet to win their first game.

The first-half was dominated by PIFA Colaba as they kept the majority of the ball possession and kept pressing Steadfast FC’s midfield to gain back the possession and to force an error while pressing high up the pitch. This strategy by Nagesh Swamy’s players started to inflict pressure on Steadfast FC.

PIFA Colaba’s star duo of Akash Jadhav, Captain of the side, and Akash C. Jadhav had a fantastic game for the boys in orange. Akash C. Jadhav had a fine game in a defensive role and as well as in attacking role. Both the Akash’s came agonizingly close to putting PIFA in front on numerous occasions but somehow Steadfast FC’s goalkeeper Ashray Gandhi and the backline stood firm to avoid any goals.

In the second-half, Steadfast FC improved their game and dictated the larger part of the half but it was PIFA Colaba’s turn to focus their game on defensive part. The boys in orange did well to clear any danger which was inflicted by Steadfast FC’s attacker, Cornelius Rodrigues and Jetra Chavda.

In the end, both the energetic sides had to settle for a draw in this close contest at All Saints High School.

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Both the teams had problems creating genuine chances in the first-half as they took their time to settle into the game. Akash Jadhav, Reshon Sam and Ranjan Tamang had a fantastic game for PIFA Colaba, whereas, Hamza Shaikh, Kartik Yenurkar and Rohan Shukla played brilliantly for Mumbai FC U17.

Mumbai FC soon opened the scoring in the second-half when Rohan Shukla, through on goal calmly finished past Akshay Pardesi to take a solitary lead. It was a brilliant move from Mumbai as they aimed to snatch all three points from a spirited PIFA Colaba team.

PIFA Colaba kept pressing Mumbai’s midfield and backline in order to get the equalizer. Reshon Sam and Akash Jadhav were the players behind an effective pressing.

The equalizer came in the 77th minute when Ranjan Tamang bombarding down from the left brilliantly score past Mumbai’s goalkeeper Abhishek Thote to level the score.

There were no more opportunities after the equalizer as both the teams had to settle for a point.

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