Diego Juniors, F.C Joseph open with wins at Poona District Football Association League match
Pune, 9th May 2022: Diego Juniors and F.C Joseph earned full points from their Second Division encounters, while Aniket Avghade starred with an 8-goal effort for Utkarsh Krida Manch F.C in the Under-16 Youth segment on the opening day of the Poona District Football Association (PDFA) League 2021-22, here on Sunday.
At the SSPMS Ground, both Pool-A matches’ produced results. Diego Juniors downed Valley Hunters 3-0 after gaining from an early ‘own goal’ by Deepak Morya (4th) and then having Austin Almeida (3oth) and Harshit Kamdar (62nd) complete the scoreline. Later, F.C Joseph pipped Sunny Days F.C 1-0 after holding on to Pravin Nagrikranti (32nd) penalty kick conversion.
On Pool-B, PCH Lions were held by National Youth F.A 1-1m while Bopodi S.A held NDA Youth Sports Club 1-1 and in Pool-C Ghorpadi Tamil United played out a 0-0 draw with Keshav Mdhav Prathisthan.
Big scores were logged in the Youth League that began at the Shiv Chhatrapathi Sports Complex, Balewadi with UKM teaching Young Steps a lesion with a landslide 21-0 win. Aniket Avghade (8 goals) led the way and was supported by Aniket Singh (4 goals) and Nilesh Dare (3 goals) respectively. In another match Loukik F.A hammered Ryan F.A 13-0 with Soham Namjoshi (4 goals) leading the way.
RESULTS
At SSPMS Ground:
Second Division: Pool A: Diego Juniors: 3 (Deepak Mourya – Own Goal 4th; Austin Almeida 30th; Harshit Kamdar 62nd) bt Valley Hunters: 0; F.C Joseph: 1 (Pravin Nagrikanti 32nd – pen.) bt Sunny Days F.C: 0
Pool B: PCH Lions: 1 (Chet Gurung 16th) drew with National Youth F.A (NYFA): 1 (Hrushikesh Shevale 29th); Bopodi S.A: 1 (Chakra Beswakarma 72nd) drew with NDA Youth Sports Club: 1 (Sherbahadur Chetri 60th)
Pool C: Ghorpadi Tamil United: 0 drew with Keshav Madhav Prathisthan (KMP) XI: 0
At Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi:
Under-16: Pool-A: Rising Pune w/o AIFA Sky Hawks
Pool-B: Krida Prabodhini w/o Keshav Madhav Prathistan (KMP)
Pool-C: Utkarsh Krida Manch (UKM): 21 (Aniket Avghade 9th, 11th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 58th, 74th, 78th; Nilesh Dare 13th, 37th, 77th; Aniket Singh 28th, 73rd, 76th, 80th; Kaushal Vaidya 36th, 39th; Rudresh Gaudnour 40th; Prajwal Shinde – Own Goal 46th; Soham Nilangekar 54th; Shreenivas Deshpande 66th) bt Young Steps: 0; Loukik F.A: 13 (Soham Namjoshi 3rd, 42nd, 56th, 64th; Arjun P – Own Goal 10th; A Gaikwad 23rd, 34th, 51st; Kanishk Nene 30th, 75th; Arnush Wankhede 33rd; Aditya Salunkhe 59th; Swasti Pawar 69th) bt Ryan F.A: 0