DPS, Vasant Kunj lose second match in a
row
Bangalore, April 18, 2013: Greenwood International made the best use of their experience on home turf to register their first win in the inter-city leg of the 3rd Mahindra Youth Football Challenge at the Bangalore Football Stadium by beating Delhi Public School from Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 1 – 0. The victory was powered by a goal scored by Varun Nambiar in the 25th minute of the match. Though he did not score a goal, Greenwood player Aryamaan Singh Kunwar was the Star Performer for his impressive performance on the field.
In
another match Panjim’s Don Bosco High School trounced Calicut based St.
Joseph’s Higher Secondary School 3 – 2 in an exciting encounter. Though Leon
Augustine helped the Kerala school launch their attack with an opening goal in
the 2nd minute, Panjim struck back in the 10th minute to level scores thanks to
Elmer Seaueira’s goal. In the 11th minute, Javed Hassan got St. Joseph’s its
second. The exciting encounter then witnessed a goal in the 45th and another in
the 48th minute by Star Performer Glevito S Miranda to help seal a convincing
victory for Don Bosco Panjim.
The
team from Ashoknagar Vidyasagar Banibhaban Kolkata won their second consecutive
match by defeating Don Bosco High School from Matunga, Mumbai 1 – 0, thanks to
Suman Dutta’s lone but winning goal in the 40th minute. Aaron Koli was named
the Star Performer of the match
India’s
best under-14 football players from leading schools across six Indian cities
are here to battle it out in the tournament.
The
Mahindra Youth Football Challenge is the Mahindra Group’s commitment to promote
football at the grassroots level. The company has partnered with Scottish
football giant Celtic Football Club, who is taking on the responsibility of
training and developing young talent identified through the initiative.
Results: Don Bosco High
School, Panjim (Goa) 3 (Elmer Seaueira 1, Glevito S Miranda 2) bt St. Joseph's
High School, Calicut (Kerala) 2 (Leon Augustine 1, Javed Hassan 1); Greenwood
International High School (Bangalore) 1 (Varun Nambiar 1) bt Delhi Public
School, Vasant Kunj (New Delhi) 0; Ashoknagar Vidyasagar Banibhaban (Kolkata) 1
(Suman Dutta 1) bt Don Bosco High School, Mumbai 0.
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