CURTORCARES UNITED, YRC RISING STARS WIN. DHL HOLD SKYNET
RAIDERSIN KIFF LEAGUE2014-2015
Three matches were held in the sixth round of the KIFF
league for the Late J.P. D’Mello Memorial Rolling Trophy for season 2014-2015
at the Bayan grounds on 21st November 2014.
In the first match of the day Curtorcares United took on
United Goans Center in an all important qualifying encounter. Curtorcares
United took the lead in the 6th minute when Bonny’s header found the
net to forge ahead. UG came back strongly and found the equalizer when Pedro
tapped in from Agnelo’s free kick. Both the teams then matched each other with
Curtorcares United increasing the tempo of the match in the latter stages. As
the match was heading towards a draw, Martin of Curtorcares ran from the
midfield with the ball took the defenders in his stride and scored from aprecise
taken shot on the run to put his team ahead. Vincythen scored from a well
connected header to take Curtorcares United in the qualifying round and end the
match 3-1. Man of the Match was awarded
to AgneloMonteiro of United Goans for his tireless efforts and given away by Mr.
Tony Corriea,former President of KIFF.
The second duel of the day was between SkynetRaiders and DHL
FCfrom group ‘A’ which is termed as the group of death. Both the teams were
cautious in the beginning though DHL FC held the upper hand in the first half
with Zico dominating the midfield, but Skynet keeper equal to the task.Skynet survived the initial onslaught from DHL and came
back in the second half with Ismael being the kingpin in the midfield but their
strikers could not find the net and the match ended in a goal less draw leaving
the group wide open till the last match of the group.Skynet Raidersgoalkeeper Joseph
Britto was rightly declared the Man of the Match which was handed over by Mr. Benny
D’Souza – Hon. Sports Secretary of KIFF
The final clash of the day was between YRC Rising Stars and
FC Sparx. Rising Stars needing a win to qualify went all out for the attack
from the beginning and Myron Fernandes scored from a well taken shot which beat
the FC Sparx keeper from an acute angle. Cheslee rose high to head in the
second goal from a corner kick to increase the lead for Rising stars. In the
second half Rising Stars kept up the pressure and score the third through young
Veit D’Silva. FC Sparx did not have any answer to the marauding forward line of
Rising Stars with Myron, Cheslee and Mohammed completing the rout to end the
game 6-0 in favor of YRC Rising Stars and march into the qualifying round.Myron
D’Cruz of YRC Rising Stars was adjudged the Man of the Match for his all round performance
and the award was given away by Mr. Liston Raju Hon. Gen. Secretary of KIFF
All the matches were officiated by IFRA.
The Schedule for 28thNovember 2014:
Kerala Challengers v/s Malabar United@ 6.30am. Indian
Strikers v/s United Goan Center@ 7.40am. AVC - Kuwait v/s DHL FC@8.50am
(The above is from KIFF news desk)
