BHUBANESWAR 22-Aug-2017
Delhi Public School (DPS), Kalinga spanked Venkateswar English Medium School 3-0 in their second and last Group-D match to cruise into the quarterfinals of the MCL Cup 29th Bhubaneswar Inter-School Football Tournament here at Unit-VI Boys’ High School Ground today.
Rishav Parekh fired the first salvo in the fifth minute to help DPS lead 1-0 at the half-time. After change of ends, Vishal Dev and Somal Puhan scored the other two goals in the 29th and 38th minutes respectively. Somal received the player of the match prize from Panchayati Raj Department Superintending Engineer Siba Narayan Barik.
Sai International School got walk-over in the second match of the day against Prabhujee English Medium School, who did not turn up. But despite getting full three points through walk-over, Sai International missed the last-eight berth on goal difference in Group E. Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium School (BJEMS) secured the quarterfinal spot from this group with four points from two games and a goal difference of 5-1 against 4-1 by Sai International.
Today’s matches were conducted by match commissioner Maheswar Singh along with referees Saroj Moharana, Rajendra Barik, Chandrakant Barik, Sekhawat Khan and Bulbul Bhoi. The tournament is being organised by Unit-VI Athletic Association.
Tomorrow’s matches (Aug 23):
First match: Rama Krushna Sikhya Kendra vs Sainik School (2.30 PM).
Second match: Mother’s Public School vs Capital High School, Unit-3 (3.45 PM)
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PHOTO: Somal Puhan receives the player of the match prize from Superintending Engineer Siba Narayan Barik on August 22, 2017.
