Minerva hammer nine past Sesa in opener

Panaji: Minerva Academy, Punjab, scored a dominant 9-1 win against Sesa Football academy in the opening game of the Dream Sports Championship-AIFF Junior League at Panchayat ground, Raia, on Sunday morning.

Minerva were superior to Sesa in technique and speed, and literally wove a web around the hapless Goan team throughout the game. Konthoujam Denamoni and Nitin Kumar Pasi scored two goals each for Minerva, while captain Tony Huidrom, Punshiba Meitei, K Chetan Singh, Md Azam Khan and Mahtab Singh were also among the goals.

Royden Carvalho scored the lone Sesa goal in the second half.

In the second game of the day, Bengaluru FC hammered four goals past Jamshedpur FC, winning 4-0. CH Sakip scored a brilliant hat-trick for the Bengaluru team with Mohammad Sohil Khan adding his name to the scoresheet.

In other games, Football 4 Change defeated East Bengal 3-0, with Dinglen Haokip scoring a hat-trick. In the second evening game, Sreenidhi Deccan and SSE-BFC played out a goalless in a closely contested match.

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Dream Sports-AIFF Jr League: Reliance Foundation Young Champs vs Punjab FC, Raia ground; 7.30am; FC Goa vs Corbett FC, Don Bosco ground, Fatorda, 7.30am; Alchemy International FC vs Mohun Bagan, Raia ground, 4pm; Classic FA vs FC Madras, Don Bosco ground, Fatorda, 4pm