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Sunday 17 January 2016

Indian Football weekly Round , Updates and scores:I league, Second Division I league , U-5 I league

Second Division i-League 2015-16
Second Division i-League 2015-16 Results: 17th January 2016
Second Division i-League 2015-16 Results
17.01.2016

LoneStar Kashmir FC 1-1 Kenkre FC
LKFC: Atinder Mani(81st)
KFC: Arish Sutaria(44th)

PIFA Sports 0-8 Dempo SC
DSC: Beevan D'Mello(19th), Shallum Pires(32nd), Chika Wali(39th), Kapil Hoble(43rd, 84th), Odili Felix Chidi(45th+1, 64th), N. Castanha(90+2nd)
Posted: 17 Jan 2016 12:12 PM PST
U15 Youth League 2015 Results
U-15 Youth League 2015 Results: 17th January 2016
U-15 Youth League 2015 Results
17.01.2016

Guwahati FC U15 1-1 Gauhati Town Club U15
GFC: Rishikesh Borah(70th)
GTC: Manash Pratim Sonowal(18th)
Posted: 17 Jan 2016 12:02 PM PST
Hero i-League 2015-16 Results
Mumbai FC hold East Bengal to a goalless draw, Hero i-League 2015-16
Hero i-League 2015-16 Results
17.01.2016

DSK Shivajians FC 0-0 SC Goa
Mumbai FC 0-0 East Bengal

DSK Shivajians opened their i-League account with a point as they drew with Sporting Clube de Goa at home in a goalless draw. Mumbai FC and East Bengal also played out a goalless draw at the Cooperage.
Posted: 17 Jan 2016 04:06 AM PST
Minerva Academy FC
Minerva Academy FC topped the Western Conference in the 2nd Division i-League 2015-16

Minerva Academy Football Club had a dream 2nd Division I-League debut to become the Champions of the Western Conference. To claim the pole position, The Pride of Punjab have won 6 out of their 8 matches, while having drawn 1 and suffering a narrow away-loss to Dempo SC.

The Western Conference Champions’ Title cannot be sweeter at this point as it serves as a confidence booster for the Minervans, who will start preparing for the final round after a short break.

“This is just a good start for us and we all know our mission is not accomplished yet. We still have long and tougher road ahead of us and we can’t rest on this laurel. The hard work begins now as the real challenge lies ahead,” is what club director and think-tank Ranjit Bajaj had to say.

True to his sayings, hard work has been the key reason behind Minerva’s dream run. The 16 goals that came from the players are results of several hours of practice put in. Moreover at Minerva, great emphasise was put on the players fitness, having them to go through rigorous fitness regime. Utmost care was also taken on their recovery with regular Hydrotherapy and Spa sessions. On average, players had 4 hours of sessions everyday, excluding class room sessions.

The eight 90-minute games that the boys displayed was just a tip of the hard work they have put in since August-September 2015, when the management was putting all papers together to make it to the 2nd Division I-League.

With 2 goals on average per match, Minerva Academy FC were the highest goal scorers in both the Eastern and Western conference put together with 16 goals scored. The fact that these 16 goals were scored by 10 different players also suggest the ‘Team Game’ philosophy that coach Surinder Singh had adopted.

If the goal galore were things to be happy about, Goalkeeping coach Sandeep Singh’s first choice Shayan Roy was equally good at his task. He let in only 3 goals in the 7 matches he was under the bar, keeping 5 clean sheets. This brought Minerva’s goal difference to another ‘Best’ of the league with 13.

Minerva Academy FC statistics
Statistics of Minerva Academy FC in the 2nd Division i-League 2015-16


Minervans were also the highest goal scorers at Home and Away with 8 goals each while were also the lowest to concede in both Home (2) and Away (1) too. Interestingly, MAFC have won all the matches when they have scored first though only 3 goals have been scored in the first 30 minutes.

On the contrary, 4 goals each were scored between 30-45 minutes and 75-90 minutes, which once again proves the Minervans fitness and endurance over their rivals. That’s not all, the team also maintained 5 match unbeaten run with 4 consecutive wins to start the league.

Now that the Western Conference have been conquered, the management is already staging a plan to conquer the Final Round to become the 2nd Division champions to make it to the I-League. With the transfer season on, the team is likely to be active to upgrade the squad for the final assault that is likely to begin late February or early March.
Posted: 17 Jan 2016 03:49 AM PST
Second Division i-League 2015-16
Second Division i-League 2015-16 Results: 16th January 2016
Second Division i-League 2015-16 Results
16.01.2016

Guwahati FC 0-0 Gangtok Himalayan SC

Mohammedan SC 1-0 Neroca FC
MSC: M Basanta Singh(24th)
Posted: 17 Jan 2016 01:42 AM PST
Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC win
Hero i-League 2015-16: John Johnson of Bengaluru FC in action against Aizawl FC
Hero i-League 2015-16 Results
16.01.2016

Mohun Bagan 4-2 Salgaocar FC
MB: Yusa Katsumi (9th - Assist Dhanachandra Singh), Cornell Glen (28th - Penalty), Luciano Sobrosa (33rd - Assist Yusa Katsumi), Balwant Singh(48th  - Assist Yusa Katsumi)
SAL: Daryl Duffy (69th - Assist Jackichand Singh), Gurjinder Kumar (86th - Assist Gilbert Olivera)

Aizawl FC 0-1 Bengaluru FC
BFC: Curtis Osano(27th - Assist Keegan Periera)

Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC continued their good form with victories in the second week of Hero i-League 2015-16. Mohun Bagan defeated Salgaocar FC at home quite convincingly with goals from Yusa Katsumi, Cornell Glen, Luciano Sarbosa and Balwant Singh helping the Mariners marching on with a 4-2 victory. Daryl Duffy and Gurjinder Singh scored one goal each in the second half but the fightback was not enough at end.

Bengaluru FC made it two in two when they handed the debutants Aizawl FC their second defeat courtesy of a Curtis Osano goal in the 27th minute. Aizawl put in a brave fight against the last year's runners up but Osano's goal remained as the only goal of the match. This was Bengaluru FCs second successive away game and they have bagged all six points.

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