AVC –KUWAIT & DOMNIC SAVIO TRIUMPH IN IFFK LEAGUE.
FAHAHEEL BROS JOINS IFFK
The 8th round of the ongoing IFFK league kicked off marking the start of the new year and the end of the holiday period at the Daya School ground in Kuwait.
In the 1st match seasoned campaigners AVC-Kuwait took on favourites SkyNet. The match started on a cautious approach as both the teams tried to shake off the lethargy of the holiday period. AVC mounted pressure on SkyNet citadel, but they held well in the initial stages. SkyNet succumbed to the sustained pressure of AVC after 15 minutes when a clinical cross from Francis Jr. was headed in by Majid to put AVC 1-0 up.
The second goal was a blinder by AVC’s star striker Anthony who connected a beautiful cross from veteran Francis Sr.and headed the ball in before SkyNet’s defence could see the ball. At the lemon break AVC were 2-0 up. The second half saw SkyNet pumped up and raided AVC’s half continuously in search of a reducer with Philip Ferrao of SkyNet manning the entire midfield, but the inability of their strikers Sami and Sabeer to finish off and some stout defending by AVC’s defenders led by Vincy held SkyNet at bay. After withstanding the initial pressure, AVC’s midfield led by Agnelo Miranda and Francis Sr. took the game away from SkyNet and substitute Melvy after a bustling run from the right flank scored AVC’s third goal. 
After this most of the game was played in SkyNet’s half with Anthony completing his brace and Braulio adding one more for AVC. After the 5th goal AVC left the guard down and SkyNet sprung into life by scoring 2 goals towards the fag end of the match through their hardworking strikers Sami and Sabeer. The game ended 5-2 in favour of AVC. This was the 1st defeat for SkyNet and 5the consecutive win for AVC in the league. 
The second match was played between Domnic Savio and INDIANS.
Domnic Savio started the game in right earnest and attacked the opposition from the start. INDIANS could not do much to contain the young guns of Dominic Savio. With Alex and Anthony marshalling the midfield for Dominic Savio, INDIANS could not sniff much. On the other side Abdullah opened the scoring for Dominic Savio in the first half.
Talib added the 2nd and the 3rd to go into the lemon break leading 3-0. Leslie and his teammates tried hard to create the openings for INDIANS, but the midfield manned by Steven and co for Dominic Savio would not let anything beyond them. The second half was similar to the first one and Talib completed his hattrick by scoring the 4th for Dominic Savio. It was similar story for INDIANS who went on the defensive to stem the rot and hence allowed the fleet footed Dominic Savio forwards and midfielders to camp in their half. This allowed defensive errors and Assad completed the brace for Dominic Savio.
The final goal was scored by Alex whose shot from top of the box gave no chance to INDIANS goalkeeper who was guilty of some sloppy collections before. The game ended with the score 7-0 in favour of Dominic Savio. INDIANS will have to improve their performance in the coming matches for some decent standings in the league, but the spirit shown by both the teams was commendable. Christopher of Dominic Savio made history by becoming the youngest player to play at the age of 14 years in IFFK league and credit to the youngster and the club Dominic Savio for achieving this feat.
The matches were supervised by the professionals on the expatriate football circuit -Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA).
As advised earlier IFFK announces the shift of venue for the forthcoming matches. Moving away from the artificial greens of Daiya, IFFK shifts to the natural greens of Mishref Stadium which is a compliment of Public Affairs of Youth and Sports to IFFK.
The fixture for the 9th round: 1st match SKYNET v/s MAC at 7:00 a.m.
2nd match VETERANS v/s INDIANS
Indian Football Federation Kuwait (IFFK) is pleased to announce that Fahaheel Bros. have joined the federation. A warm welcome and sporting salutations.
[Report and photos from IFFK media cell and archives].
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