Dream Sports Championships-AIFF junior league

EAST Bengal blank Sesa 7-0, Sreenidhi beat Jamshedpur 4-0 on high scoring day.

Goa Khabar: Football giants, East Bengal blanked local team Sesa Academy by a margin of seven goals at the Don Bosco grounds in Margao, even as Sreenidhi Deccan too, exerted their superiority over a hapless Jamshedpur team 4-0 at the Raia grounds on Tuesday morning, the third day of the DSC-AIFF junior league.

The speedy East Bengal team were too fast and clinical for Sesa academy, as Jahid Karikar opened the goal fest in the 11^th minute. This was followed by a Romit Das brace ( 33^rd and 40^th minute) and a Arnaav Chettri hat-trick ( 45^th, 79^th and 95^th min). Taibur Molla also helped himself to a goal in the 54^th minute. East Bengal had Sesa on the mat, 4-0 at half-time itself.

In the second morning game, Sreenidhi Deccan played at a much faster pace than Jamshedpur and their strikers were unafraid of taking shots at the goal. Not surprisingly, Sreenidhi led 2-0 at half-time through goals by Syed Riyan ( 13^th min) and T Retish Singh ( 49^th minute). I Nirus Meitei with a brace in the second half ( 71^st and 95^th min) contributed to Jamshedpur’s misery in the second half.

In the two evening matches, Bengaluru FC beat SSE-BFC Mumbai 3-1 and Minerva Academy beat Football 4 Change 2-1. Hrishikesh Manavathi scored a hat-trick for Bengaluru ( 21^st, 65^th and 81^st min) while Neil Alby Mathew reduced the margin for SSE-BFC in the 37^th minute. For Minerva, their top goal scorer, K Denamoni scored a brace ( 26^th and 47^th min) while L Haokip reduced the margin for Football 4 Change with a 46^th minute goal.

WED May 6, match fixtures

1. Punjab vs Alchemy International, Don Bosco, Margao, 730am
2. Corbett FC vs Classic FA, Raia grounds, 730am
3. Mohun Bagan vs Reliance Foundation, Don Bosco, Margao, 4pm
4. FC Madras vs FC Goa, Raia grounds, 4pm