Pune: Pune FC Under-17s added another feather to their cap winning the 2nd Late Kunal Pillay Memorial 9-a-side tournament conducted under the aegis of the Poona District Football Association (PDFA) at the Mathurawala Ground in Wanowrie on Sunday.<\/p>\n
In the final, Pune FC U-17s defeated AIYFA Sky Hawks 5-4 in a thrilling penalty shootout to clinch their historic first ever title at the local level. Interestingly, the triumph was also Pune FC U-17’s second this season after winning the Administrator’s Challenge Cup in Chandigarh back in September.<\/p>\n
Having logged three back-to-back convincing wins over Khadki Blues, Chetak FC and Pune City Police en route to the final, Pune FC came up against a strong AIYFA Sky Hawks side in the big game. With both sides failing to get on the scoresheet in regulation time, the game progressed into the dreaded penalty shootout.<\/p>\n
While Sky Hawks converted all their first four kicks, Pune FC converted three through Abhishek Mhaske, Sebastian Thangmuansang and Tapas Pal as Buanthanglun Samte’s effort was saved. Leading 4-3, Sky Hawks needed to convert the last kick to win but were denied by a brilliant save from Pune FC custodian Anuj Kumar. Muirang slotted home the next kick for Pune FC to level scores and the take the game into sudden-death.<\/p>\n
With Sky Hawks once again missing in the sudden death opener, Asish Rai converted for Pune FC handing them a thrilling 5-4 win. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Pune FC striker Abhishek Mhaske received the ‘Top Goalscorer’ award having found the back of the net 4 times in the competition.<\/p>\n
RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Final: b AIYFA Sky Hawks 5-4 via sudden-death Semifinal: b Pune City Police 3-1 Quarterfinal: b Chetak FC 4-0 Pre-quarterfinal: b Khadki Blues 4-1 Pune: Pune FC Under-17s added another feather to their cap winning the 2nd Late Kunal Pillay Memorial 9-a-side tournament conducted under the aegis of the Poona District Football Association (PDFA) at the Mathurawala Ground in Wanowrie on Sunday.<\/p>\n In the final, Pune FC U-17s defeated AIYFA Sky Hawks 5-4 in a thrilling penalty shootout to clinch their historic first ever title at the local level. Interestingly, the triumph was also Pune FC U-17’s second this season after winning the Administrator’s Challenge Cup in Chandigarh back in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-sports-local-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
Goalscorers: Abhishek Mhaske, Sebastian Thangmuansang, Tapas Pal, Muirang<\/p>\n
Goalscorers: Lalremruata 4′, Abhishek Mhaske 40′, Sebastian Thangmuansang 40+1′<\/p>\n
Goalscorers: Lalremruata 6′, Abhishek Mhaske 9′, 24′, Muirang 31′<\/p>\n
Goalscorers: Lalremruata 14′, A. Hendry 26′, Buanthanglun Samte 37′, Abhishek Mhaske 40+1′<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"