Chandigarh: Dalbir Football Academy, Patiala stunned Football Club Pune City 3-2 in their match in 14th Administrator Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament for Boys u-17 years played at Sector-42, Sports Complex, here on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s match was do or die situation for both the teams which was evident by the fast pace of the game right from the word go. Both the teams were equally balanced and exhibited skillful game. In the sixth minute of play Anil Kumar the midfielder of Dalbir Academy gave a penetrative pass between both the stopper backs of FC. Pune City, where speedy forward of Dalbir Amandeep Singh after controlling the ball scored the first goal by his solo efforts with a powerful grounder.
Stunned by conceiving early goal, Pune lads changed their strategy and started using the wingers which helped them in spreading the compact defense of Dalbir Academy in resultant able to score equalizer in 22nd minute of play. Siminthary after controlling the ball took a powerful shot where Dalbir custodian had no answer to it. Jubilant by scoring the equalizer Pune lads exerted more pressure and scored their second goal in 31st minute of play. This time a superb pass was given by Remai from the left flank towards the penalty box where alert Ishan Dey scored the goal with a close range placement.
After conceding the second goal now it was Dalbir’s turn. In the 45th minutes of play Dalbir team got a corner kick from the right flank, Bhuvak took the corner kick and sent a high cross near the penalty spot, where Satgur Singh of Dalbir made no mistake for scoring the second goal by a powerfull header.
Both the teams were at level with 2-2 at the breather.
On the resumption of play after half time interval, the winning goal for Dalbir Academy was scored in the dying minutes of play. Satgur Singh scored the winning goal in 90th minute of play and sealed the fate of FC. Pune City. By winning this match Dalbir Academy reserved their berth in the semi-finals and will lock horns against Chandigarh Football Association on Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. in the first semi-final at Sector-17 Football Stadium.
In the second match played at Sector-17 Football Stadium, Youngsters Club Chandigarh also stunned Mahilpur Football Academy by 3—2. Mahilpur lads drew first blood in 39th minute of play when Asif Khan scored with left footer. Mahilpur Academy was leading by 1-0 at the breather on the resumption of play. Amritpal of Mahilpur scored second goal for his team.
After conceding two goals Youngsters lads organized themselves and changed their style of play. In the 56th minute of play, Jaspreet Singh crossed over to half way line and gave a short pass to Amarpreet Singh who made no mistake in scoring the first goal for his team. After scoring first goal the Youngsters lads came up in a whirl wind fashion and scored two goals in 75th and 83rd minutes of play through Jaswinder and Rohit Sheikh respectively.
Youngsters Club, Chandigarh also reserved their berth in the semi-finals and will lock horns with Minerva Football Academy in the second semi final to be played at Sector-17 Football Stadium at 3:00 P.M. on 28.09.2016.
In the other match played at Sector-17 Football Stadium, KUCT Howrah defeated Thau Sports Academy, Manipur by a narrow margin of 1-0. Susaban Khan scored the winning goal for KUCT Howrah in the 62nd minute of play. Chandigarh Football Association reached the semi-final by securing 7 points out of their three matches and will face Dalbir Football Academy in the first semi-final.
In the last match of the day, D.S. Nadiya, Kolkata defeated J.J. Soccer Academy Bangalore by 7-3. Arun Malik struck twice in the 7th and 58th minute of the play. Raj Kumar also scored two goals in the 13th and 47th minute of play. Sonubum Adar, Krishna Roy and Kanirul Allam scored one goal each in 15th, 17th and 46th minute of play respectively for D.S. Nadiya whereas Khaleel, Shanker and Mohan scored one goal each for J.J. Soccer Academy in the 18th, 20th and 49th minutes of play respectively.
