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Journalism of Courage
PUNE, Jan 19: CAFVD got the better of Poona Social 3-0 in a pool A third division encounterat the Military ground, Ghorpuri, today.
The first-half ended goalless with CAFVD missing a handful of opportunities coming their way. The latter session was a better paced encounter. Susainathan put CAFVD in the lead in the early minutes after the breather.
In the 41st minute Shailendra Kamble made it 2-0 with a close range attempt taking advantage of the crowd in front of the goal. Four minutes later Deepak Lagad scored the third with a right left combination near the goalmouth. To make matters worse for Poona Social Sandeep Kadam’s attempt off a penalty shot hit the goal upright only to be thwarted away. CAFVD’s keeper Mudliar was shown the yellow card for kicking a rival player earlier during the proceedings.
Poona Social ended their league campaign with five points to their credit, finishing sixth towards the bottom of the pool. CAFVD are a point ahead and one more fixture to go, but they too have nothing to cheer about.
At the Pune University ground Phoenix B and Friends XI split a point each with a drawn outcome in a pool E third division match, this being the last league outing for both teams. Friends XI with four points finished a poor fifth while Phoenix B with eight points finished just a place above them.
With the pool E matches completed Thundercatz B have garnered sixteen points to top the pool and have qualified for the super leagues. Shivajians, Daund scored a solitary goal against Sky Hawks to secure three points in pool D. Lalit Sonawane was the goal-getter in the 40th minute. This win has assured them a place in the final six for the super league with 15 points. (Military ground): CAFVD: 3 (Susainathan, Shailendra Kamble, Deepak Lagad) b Poona Social: 0.
(Pune University ground): Phoenix B: 0 drew with Friends XI: 0; Shivajians, Daund: 1 (Lalit Sonawane) b Sky Hawks: 0.
Today’s fixtures: (At Pune University ground): UPSA vs OFDR; Armament Boys vs SKF; DOD vs Bank of Maharashtra.
