{"id":111998,"date":"2026-05-12T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=111998"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:32:21","slug":"classic-fa-and-punjab-make-the-semis-via-penalty-shoot-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=111998","title":{"rendered":"Classic FA and Punjab make the semis via penalty shoot-outs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dream Sports-AIFF junior league<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goa Khabar: <\/strong>Classic FA, Manipur and Punjab FC both reached the semi-finals of the Dream Sports championships-AIFF junior league via penalty shoot-outs. While Classic prevailed over Alchemy International 4-3, Punjab made short work of Madras 4-2 in the shoot-outs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the quarter-final match played at the Don Bosco grounds, Margao on Sunday morning, Classic who were trailing Alchemy International of Bengaluru throughout the match, levelled the score 2-2 almost at the end of stoppage time in the 95<sup>th<\/sup> minute through S Omesh Singh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111999\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the game, Classic had drawn first blood through Syed Adil in the 8<sup>th<\/sup> minute. However, Alchemy International raised their game by several notches to take the lead, via goals scored by substitute Sahanya Sud ( 32<sup>nd<\/sup> min) and captain Umer Soef in the 54<sup>th<\/sup> minute. In the afternoon game played in sweltering heat at the Raia grounds, Madras FC drew first blood against the defending champions Punjab with a Sarthak Bhattarai goal in the 8<sup>th<\/sup> minute. Punjab bounced back with repeated attacks on the Madras citadel, but could draw level &nbsp;only in the 81<sup>st<\/sup> minute via a K Bikash Singh goal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dream Sports-AIFF junior league Goa Khabar: Classic FA, Manipur and Punjab FC both reached the semi-finals of the Dream Sports championships-AIFF junior league via penalty shoot-outs. While Classic prevailed over Alchemy International 4-3, Punjab made short work of Madras 4-2 in the shoot-outs. In the quarter-final match played at the Don Bosco grounds, Margao on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":112000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794,38],"class_list":["post-111998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured","tag-goa"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112001,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111998\/revisions\/112001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}