WIFA - The Western India Football Association

The first quarter-final of Inter District Football Championship for Maharashtra Sub-Junior Boys 2016 took place at Palghar on Monday. Mumbai romped to victory with a convincing 7-0 win over Aurangabad to set the mark for other teams in the tournament.

The knockout rounds for other teams was more of a one side affair. Nagpur took Gondia to the cleaners by thrashing them 9-0 in a rout which makes them favorites to get past the Quarter-Finals stage.

 

Akola continued with their sublime form in the tournament by beating Amravati 4-1 and claim their place in the Quarters.

Latur and Osmanabad had to be decided on penalties with Latur keeping calm and their keeper being the hero of the match with 2 fine saves and sending them into the quarter finals.

Results of the day (8^th December 2016)

Palghar Dhanau Taluka Sports Association Stadium

Knockouts

• Akola beat Amravati [4-1]

o   Akola – Md.Afzal(21min,50min), Gufran Khan(30+1min), Umair Khan(60+1)

o   Amravati – Atharva Wankhde (8min)

 

• Gondia lost to Nagpur [0-9]

o   Gondia  – Nil

o   Nagpur – Dev Amesar  (7min,25min,29min), Anurag Solanke(10min,33min,48min), Tushar Baniya (21min), Furquen Raza (27min,39min)

 

• Mumbai beat Aurangabad [7-0]

o   Mumbai – Aryan Gandharva (11min,12min), Rony Chowdarhy (16min), Floyd Dsouza (42min), Joel Bannes (55min), Amey Kadam(58min), Nathan Murzello (59min)

o   Aurangabad – Nil

 

•  Latur beat Osmanabad on penalties after 2-2 draw [p4-p2]

o   Latur – Mayuresh Patil (6min), Piyush Bhosle (15min) / (p-Krishna Briadae, Mayuresh Patil,Piyush Bhosale,Ram Rao)

o   Osmanabad –  Rishikesh Bhosale (12min), Siddiqui Dasis (27min) (p-Kedere Kadam,Khan Immamudin)