KIFF LEAGUE 2013/2014. GOA MAROONS, SANTOS UNITED, DON
BOSCO ORATORY WIN. REAL BETALBATIM FC & YRC RISING STARS SHARE SPOILS ON
MATCH DAY 9 AT MOH GROUNDS AT SABAH HOSPITAL ON 8th NOVEMBER 2013
The 9th round
of the KIFF League matches was held on MOH grounds at Sabah Hospital on 8th
November 2013 for the Late J.P. D’Mello Rolling Trophy. Four matches were held
with DBO defeating Kuwait Goan Association 3-1, GOA Maroons swamping United
Goans Center 4-1, Santos United piping FC Sparx 1-0 and Real Betalbation FC
holding YRC Rising Stars to a 1-1 draw.
The first match was played between unbeaten Don Bosco Oratory and
Kuwait Goan Association (KGA). Don Bosco started the match on high tempo, and
took the lead by scoring 2 brilliant goals from outside the penalty area
through Ashton and Steven inside 10 minutes from start. Any hopes for KGA
coming back in a must win match were dazed off when Roshan made it 3-0 for Don
Bosco. KGA were forced to make changes during the break, which kept Don Bosco
away from scoring more goals. Finally KGA reduced the margin with a goal scored
by Leo. Steven Correia of Don Bosco was
rightfully named the man of the match. Score 3-1 in favour of Don Bosco. Match
was officiated by Pascoal with the assistance from Mubarak and Jose
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| Don Bosco Oratory won 3-1 |
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| Steven Correia of Don Bosco was rightfully named the man of the match - being presented with his award by Norman Noronha the adviser of Navelim YC |
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Second match was played between RBFC and YRC Rising stars. Rising Stars
started the match with a attacking intent but lacked precision in front of
goal. Medio Bernard Pires provided the
strikers with ample of opportunities to score but to no avail. Finally Cheslee of Rising Stars broke the
deadlock to take the lead into the break.
Second half RBFC put Rising stars under pressure by some very good
football and made Rising Stars pay for all the missed chances by equalizing
from a goal keeping error through Marshal.
Match ended with the score at 1-1. Pedro of RBFC was awarded the man of
the match. The match was officiated by
Mubarak and assisted by Nicholas and Pascoal.
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| Pedro of Real Betalbatim FC receiving man of the match award from Mr. Tony Gonsalves |
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| Goa Maroons won 4-1 |
Third match saw two old foes taking on each other GOA Maroons v/s
United Goan Centre. UGC may have at
times troubled GOA but in recent years GOA always had the upper hand, which was
showed again of Friday when in no time GOA took a 3-0 lead. After half time UGC
tried to come back into the game by reducing the margin, but, they were than
pegged back by GOA Maroons. GOA Maroons goals
were scored by Gabriel, Ian, Jaime and Steven.
Dominic of UGC scored the only consolation. Final score 4-1 in favor of
GOA. Steven of GOA was awarded the man of the match. Nicholas officiated the match duly assisted by
Jose and Liston
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| Steven Rodrigues of Goa Maroons receiving the man of the match from Nicholas Rebello the VP of Curtorcares |
Final match of the day was played between two improved teams of the
season FC Sparks v/s Santos United. In a must win match for Santos United and
they rightly took a firm grip of the match from the start. All the hard work was paid off when James
scored to give them the lead. FC Sparks
did start with vigor after the break as they knew a win could get them closer
to qualification, but Santos United defense stood firm under the guidance of
Alfred who was rightfully awarded the man of the match. The match was officiated by Liston with
support from Jose and Nicholas.
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| Santos United won 1-0 |
The matches
were supervised by IFRA officials. Men of the Match awards for the KIFF League
are sponsored by United Steel Industrial Company. The customary housie snowball
was conducted by Mr. Bernard Fernandes with the prize of air ticket sponsored
by Al Qattan Travels.
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| Alfred of Santos United receiving the man of the match award from Sylvester Pereira the V. President of Santos United |
The schedule of
KIFF League matches for 15th November 2013 is as follows: The schedule of KIFF
League matches for 8th November 2013 is as follows: At 6.45am Malabar United
v/s Curtorcares. 7.45 am Real Betalbatim FC v/s United Friends. 8.45 am DHL v/s
Skynet Raiders. 9.45am Kerala Challengers v/s Kuwait Goan association
All matches will be played at MOH grounds at Sabah Hospital. Kuwait
Report by: Xavier Furtado with inputs from Derrick Gomindas
