Mumbai City storms into summit clash
MCFC, which was already ahead by a goal coming into the match, sealed the tie after forward Diaz and Chhangte found the net in the second leg
MChhangte’s strike closed the doors on a Goa comeback. umbai City FC downed FC Goa 2-0 (5-2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the ISL 10 seminal at the Mumbai Football Arena on Monday.
MCFC, which was already ahead by a goal coming into the match, sealed the tie after forward Jorge Pereyra Diaz and Lallianzuala Chhangte found the net in the 69th and 83rd minute respectively.
Goa started the game aggressively, pushing its players high up while the home team was happy to sit back and operate solely on counter-attacks.
Although Goa dominated the rst half, it was MCFC that came close to bulging the net but was stopped by the post twice.
Once o of Tiri’s nearpost header in the 22nd minute, and the second time in the 34th, when Chhangte’s curling eort from the right struck the far post.
Goa was pushing ahead as Noah Sadaoui and Udanta Singh ran riot on the ¡anks.
However, the Gaurs failed to create good chances on goal when it came to the nal third.
The opener
Diaz scored the opener after a corner kick was met by Rahul Bheke’s header and although it was stopped by the keeper, the ball landed straight onto the goalscorer’s foot as he tapped it in without fail.
Later, Goa lost possession after a corner-kick as MCFC’s Vikram Partap Singh launched a counter on the left ¡ank with a perfectly weighed throughball to Chhangte behind the defence.
The winger dribbled past the keeper and passed it into an empty net.
Heavyweight clash
MCFC will be looking to avenge its Shield defeat against Mohun Bagan Super Giant when the two meet in the Final at the Salt Lake stadium on May 4.
The result:
Mumbai City FC 2 (Pereyra Diaz 69, Chhangte 83) bt FC Goa 0 (MCFC won 5-2 on aggregate).
Meer Fazal has it easy
Top seed Meer Fazal Ali of Telangana scored a 6-0, 6-0 win over Lenin Yeruva of Telangana in the boys rst round main draw of the AITA National Series (under-14) tennis tournament at New Dimension Academy (Bhongir) on Monday.
The results (from TS otherwise mentioned): Main draw, first round: Boys: Meer Fazal Ali (TN) bt Lenin Yeruva 6-0, 6-0; T. Pratheek (TS) bt D. Tanav 7-5, 6-4; Ashish Rathod bt Y. Ayaan 6-0, 6-0; Nirvaan Margana bt Vishwas Chandrasekaran (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; Naman Gupta bt S. Sri Charana 6-1, 6-1; Senthil Dhev Advaith (TN) bt G. Vishwak Reddy 6-1, 6-0; P. Kailash bt Mohammad Farhaan 6-3, 6-2; Yeruva Jatin bt C.N. Lakshta Vardhan (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Atharva Sriramoju bt V. Bhuvan Dheeraj (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Dhirav Kothari (Guj) bt Aditya Sangria 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; C. Satya Parthiv bt Mohammmed Rayyan Khan 6-3, 6-4; Siddharth Somal bt Anil Dabas (Del) 6-0, 6-0; Nikunj
Day to remember:
The medallists of the B.S. Chess Academy open prize money tournament.
Khurana bt V. Tanish 6-1, 6-2; Jeebu Siddharth (TS) bt B. Abhiram Reddy 6-0, 6-0; Jami Thushanth bt V. Sai Koushik Reddy 6-3,7-5; K. Vincent bt N Jadon Sujay 6-1, 6-1.
Girls: S. Ruchika Reddy bt D. Moksha 7-5, 6-1; M. Noorie bt M. Lasyapriya (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Saurya Devara Sree Tanya bt Anagha Bhargav (TN) 6-0, 6-2; N. Lekhya Sri (AP) bt V. Bhrithi (Kar) 6-1, 7-5; Ashwitha K. Reddy bt N.C. Haritishwari (TN) 6-2, 6-3; C. Harshika bt K. Maanvitha 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; M. Divya Gayatri bt B. Janaki Reddy 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-1; B. Bhavishya Kranthi (AP) bt T.
Chidvilash wins
S. Chidvilash Sai won the open title in the BS Chess Academy open prize money tournament. G. Ravi Krishna and Viraj Singh nished second and third respectively.
Final placings:
Open: 1. S. Chidvilash Sai, 2. G. Ravi Krishna, 3. Viraj Singh, 4. D. Suresh, 5. S.V.C. Chakravarthi. ELO 1400-1500: 1. N. Krithik Reddy, 2. R. Sai Susheela. Unrated: 1. R. Chakri, 2. G. Sri
Boys, u-15: 1. B. Sai Manvik Reddy, 2. Abhineet Mekin, 3. R.M. Shrishant; U-13: Pradeep Patil, 2. Hrishav Mahapatra, 3. Prateek; U-11: 1. M. Suhaas, 2. Ahaan Mitra, 3. Anish P. More; U-9: 1. Arjun Krishnan Somanchi, 2. J. Sai Sathvik, 3. Ch. Saahanth; U-7:
1. Sulaiman Patel, 2. Dhruv Lakhotia.
Girls, u-15: 1. H. Suman Srinivas,
2. Shreeya Harwalkar.
Easy for Karimnagar
Karimnagar scored a 4-0 win over Nizamabad in the 10th senior inter-district football championship for men in Karimnagar.
The results: Ranga Reddy drew with Nizamabad 0-0; Adilabad 2 (Dinesh 2) bt Khammam 0; Karimnagar 4 (Naveen, Shaik Chand, Vijay, Charan) bt Nizamabad 0; Warangal 2 (Junaid, Rah Kumar) bt Medak 1 (Samardh).
Champions Cup football
Friends Club of Bolarum will conduct the fourth
Champions Cup football tournament for under-11, 13 and 15 categories at Alwal PG from May 8 to 10. Registrations close on May 5. Call Emmanuel on 90304 74767, 63092 54113.
TS girls in final
Telangana girls entered the nal of the third South Zone junior National softball at Tumkur.
The results:
Girls, league: Telangana bt AP 2-1; Goa bt Karnataka 11-1; Puducherry bt Karnataka 87; Telangana bt Tamil Nadu 8-0; Puducherry bt Goa 16-5.
Royal Club triumphs
Royal Club (BHEL) scored a 6-4 win over SAI Hostel in the nal of the M.R. Eshwar memorial ve-a-side hockey at Khairatabad.
Army Dogra defeated Gymkhana 2-0 to nish third.