A solitary goal by T Borsih Singh propelled Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy,Kolkata to claim the title with a 1-0 win over Indian Football Association,Kolkata on the concluding day of the Eighth Administrator's Challenge Cup All India U-17 Football Tournament played at Sector 17 Football Stadium. The all-important goal was scored by T Borish Singh in his second attempt by converting a penalty in the 75th minute of the match. Both the teams were equally balanced and exhibited the brilliant piece of soccer techniques. Both the teams framed good moves at several occasions but their vigilant custodians denied many of the sure chances. In the 20th minute of play,Gopal Kundu of Mohun Bagan initiated a move from their half and sent a long penetrative pass to the right winger Narayan Biswas,who after controlling the ball gave a short pass to Sanjoy Haldar in the penalty box. Sanjoy Haldar was not vigilant and missed the ball and a chance of score. Both the teams were locked at 0-0 at the breather. On the resumption of play after the interval,both the teams tried their level best to score but missed the chances they got. In the 57th minute of play,IFA Kolkata framed a good move from the mid field. Jitu Das gave a grounder pass to Mithun but his short went over the bar. In the 55th minute of play,Debjit Mondal of Mohun Bagan got a chance to score the goal but his kick went wider from the top of the penalty area. It was again Mithun of IFA,who after dribbling past the Mohun Bagan defender,took a shot at Mohun Bagan goal which struck the cross bar. In the 65th minute of play,Puppar Mazumdar took a header at Mohun Bagan goal which was brilliantly saved by the Mohun Bagan custodian Saikat Das. In the 75th minute of play,Mohun Bagan lads initiated a move from the right flank with their right out T Borish Singh sending a superb lofted cross in the penalty area of IFA. An alert Debjit Mondal of Mohun Bagan took the header which struck the hand of Sandip Patra of IFA resulting in a penalty kick being awarded to Mohun Bagan. Borish Singh of Mohun Bagan took the penalty kick which was brilliantly saved by IFA alert custodian Sandip Paul but their defenders failed to stop the kicker Singh was successful in scoring off the rebound ball. Sandip Dey,Ranjan Dass,Debjit Mondal and Anubarata Maity of Mohun Bagan were cautioned by the referee in the fifth,28th ,79th and 86th minute of play respectively. Lob Mondal of IFA was also cautioned in the fifth minute of play for involving in rough play. The winning team was given a cash prize of rs 50,000 and a rolling trophy while the losing team got Rs 25,000.
