Roopali victorious

PUNE, MARCH 14: Roopali Sports Club, leaders in group-B, continued their smooth sailing in the PDFA I-Division League, with an easy 5-0 verdict over St. Joseph8217;s Youth Club JYC to keep their slate clean. The winners, who till date have the distinction of being one of the two teams to have not lost a game so far 8212; the other being City Club in Group-A, scored their goals via Bapu Raikar 10th amp; 15th minutes, while Santosh Joshi, Sunil Bakre and Ashwin Mancharkar added a goal each to round off their tally. With this win Roopali have logged 15 points and are virtually through to the Super League, while for JYC relegation stares straight in their face though they have five matches in hand.

Sangam win: Sangam Young Boys SYB edged out Falcon Sports Club, Pimpri 1-0. The all important goal was scored by Raju Nikam in the 63rd minute, off a free-kick, which was let-in by, the otherwise exceptional, Nazir Sayyed, the Falcon custodian. The let-off8217; looked to be sheer ignorance by the 8216;keeper, who failed to even fit Nikam8217;s effort which was in reachable range and bulged the roof of the net Sangam thus took their points tally to eight points after four outings, while Falcon suffered their second loss and after five outings still have seven points.

OBA-youngsters draw: Old Boys Association OBA, needed Brenton Antao to bail them out from certain defeat and eventually finished sharing a point and a goal each against Youngsters. With Durand Engineer 29th minute volleying in a Sunil Lakra chip Youngsters began on a high note. However, their lead was short lived in the second-half, when Brenton8217;s carpet drive from 25-yards, left the Youngsters human wall8217; and 8216;keeper Malcom D8217;Souza dazed with the accuracy. OBA now have six points from seven outings, while for Youngsters it was their second point from two ties.