DON BOSCO, AVC-KUWAIT & FAHAHEEL BROS SURGE AHEAD
The penultimate round of the Indian Football Federation Kuwait (IFFK) league saw 3 matches being played on 19th March 2010 at the Daiya grounds.
In the first match Don Bosco took on Veterans Club. Don Bosco with youth and vigour took the game to the Veterans who matched the opponents with their experience and skill.
DBO opened the scoring through their star midfielder Steven Rodrigues and added to their tally with Valenky (Munna) sounding the scoreboard. Veterans tried their best to force back in to the match and veteran defender Merwyn Fernandes got his name on the score sheet for Veterans, but Valenky (Munna) gave DBO the cushion of a two goal advantage with his brace. Colin Figueroa reduced the margin for Veterans to make the match more intriguing, but Steven dealt the killer blow to complete his brace and see DBO through the match with a score line of 4-2 in favour of DBO.
The second match was between league leaders AVC-Kuwait and MAC. AVC having pocketed the title started the match laboriously, but still went ahead through Melvy Fernandes. MAC stunned AVC with the equaliser through Sahul Vermarath. AVC after missing numerous chances went ahead through Agnelo Miranda who placement shot entered the net after deviating in the air.
After the lemon break AVC made a flurry of changes to test their bench strength and Jimon John put AVC ahead with a well measured shot from top of the box. MAC retaliated by reducing the margin through Feroze Peedikayil, but Anthony Rodrigues sealed the match with a score line of 4-2 in favour of AVC. AVC with this match have completed their league engagements with a clean slate and are declared League Champions of the 1st IFFK League for 2009-2010.The final match was between Fahaheel Bros and INDIANS. As usual Indians contained their superior rivals in the initial stages, but Fahaheel Bros took the lead through Nidul Bilavinakath.
More goals from Abdul Natukkanandi and Kavungal Ismail took the match away from Indians. In the second half the entire match was played in Indians half with Abdul, Nidul and Poovan Saker Ali all completing their braces. Manuel D’Souza of Indians reduced the margin with a stinging floater taken from the top of the box, a goal which had class marked on it. Indians new goalkeeper had an outstanding match with numerous saves which kept the marauding Fahaheel Bros forwards at bay. The match ended in favour of Fahaheel Bros 6-1. The matches were supervised by professional Indian expatriate referees body IFRA who have been at the forefront of the successful IFFK campaign this season.
The schedule of the final round of the IFFK League to be played on 26th March 2010 at the Daya Grounds is as follows:1St Match DBO v/s Santos United
2nd Match Fahaheel Bros v/s DHL
3rd Match MAC v/s INDIANS
Note: Indian Football Federation Kuwait (IFFK) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 11 a side knockout football tournament on 9th April 2010, for which the draw will be held on 26th March 2010 at the Daiya Grounds.
This tournament is exclusively for IFFK registered players.
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