Pune: Nashik score six; Nanded, Aurangabad sweat
Pune, 14th December 2022: Nashik registered the biggest win, while Nanded and Aurangabad were stretched to the limits on a day of mixed results in the Western India Football Association (WIFA) Inter District Men’s (Open) Football Tournament 2022 at the Shiv Chhatrapathi Sports Complex, Mhalunge-Balewadi, on Wednesday.
The tournament hosted by the Poona District Football Association (PDFA) had Nashik rout Gadchiroli 6-0 after a goal each by Om Fadtare (2nd), Pradip Kanojia (36th), Anuj Lokhande (45th), Shubam Dayma (58th), Arup Kumar (63rd) and Reggi Aadhav (75th) swelled the scoreline over the entire 80 minutes of play.
Nanded and Amravati played out a 1-1 draw at the end of full time before Nanded emerged victorious 6-5 in the tie-breaker. For Nanded Khaleel Khan (24th) scored while for Amravati Sameeer Shaikh (15th) netted during regulation time. In the tie-breaker, Mohammad Rufe, Mohammad Faisal, Aabeed Khan, Pradip Suryawanshi, Shubham Parmar, Khaleel Khan scored for Nanded, while Amravati had Sumit Gawande, Pranay Charlie, Siddhant Mohod, Syed Sufiyan, Rohit Meshram find the net after Sameer Shaikh missed.
Later, Aurangabad had to wait for posting a tie-breaker win over Gondia. In regular time, Yafaiy Imran Bim (78th) netted for Aurangabad, while Bhuvnesh Shendre (48th) opened the scoring for Gondia. In the tie-breaker, Syed Fazalul Haque, Syed Rehanmuddin, Sohail Shaikh, Faizul netted for Aurangabad, while Vasu Kanojiya, Gaurav Gangbhoj scored for Gondia.
Other winners of the day were; Parbani who downed Sindhudurg 3-1, Latur beat Nandurbar 5-1, Palgar got the better of Raigad 1-0, Washim beat Osmanabad 1-0 and Thane downed Ahmednagar 2-0.
RESULTS
Ground-1: Nashik: 6 (Om Fadtare 2nd; Pradip Kanojia 36th; Anuj Lokhande 45th; Shubam Dayma 58th; Arup Kumar 63rd; Reggi Aadhav 75th) bt Gadchiroli: 0; Nanded: 1, 6 (Khaleel Khan24th; Mohammad Rufe, Mohammad Faisal, Aabeed Khan, Pradip Suryawanshi, Shubham Parmar, Khaleel Khan) bt Amravati: 1, 5 (Sameer Sheikh 15th; Sumit Gawande, Pranay Charlie, Siddhant Mohod, Syed Sufiyan, Rohit Meshram); Parbhani: 3 (Arbaz 1st; Sidique 13th; Huzaifa 66th) bt Sindhudurg: 1 (Raj Dhumale 62nd); Latur: 5 (Shivchander Bamankar 8th; Madhur Tidole 18th, 72nd; Muzaffar Shaikh 40+3; Aniket Bhadke 66th) bt Nandurbar: 1 (Chetan Mali 40th)
Ground-2: Aurangabad: 1, 4 (Yafaiy Imran Bim 78th; Syed Fazalul Haque, Syed Rehanmuddin, Sohail Shaikh, Faizul) bt Gondia: 1 (2) (Bhuvnesh Shendre 48th; Vasu Kanojiya, Gaurav Gangbhoj); Palgar: 1 (Pragnesh Shetty 80+1) bt Raigad: 0; Washim: 2 (Dhiraj Mahalle 5th; Gaurav Jondal 43rd) bt Osmanabad: 0; Thane: 2 (own goal 40+1′; Abhijit Shinde 58th) bt Ahmednagar: 0
THURSDAY’S FIXTURES
Ground-1: Solapur v Hingoli – 8.30am; Ratnagiri v Akola – 10.30am; Yavatmal v Dhule – 1.00pm; Beed v Pune – 3.00
Ground-2: Jalna v Mumbai – 8.00am; Sangli Bhandara – 10.30am; Satara v Wardha – 1.00pm; Buldhana v Jalgaon – 3.00pm
