DON BOSCO, AVC-KUWAIT AND RBFC MARCH AHEAD IN IFFK LEAGUE 2011 AT DAYA GROUNDS.
The splendid weather conditions in the State of Kuwait on Friday morning time were tailor made for early morning matches as the grand IFFK league 2011 for the IFFK Rolling Trophy got underway at the picturesque Daya grounds in Kuwait. A minute silence was observed as a mark of respect in memory of those people who lost their lives in Japan.
Title aspirants Don Bosco Oratory Kuwait (DBO) started the proceedings against Big Boys Kuwait. Both the teams played cautious football at the onset with DBO creating more chances. Savio and Alex worked in tandem to keep the Big Boys defence busy. Savio opened the scoring for DBO after receiving a pass from Michael in the first half. In the second half Michael consolidated the lead for DBO thereby making the issue safe. But Big Boys had other ideas, looking out to reduce the margin put pressure on DBO defence led by Alex which ultimately cracked and Saheer scored for Big Boys making the tie a bit uneasy for DBO. Big Boys sustained the pressure after the reducer and almost equalized, but their forward missed a glorious opportunity to draw level. DBO quickly regrouped to suck in the pressure exerted by the opposition and came out victorious by 2 goals to 1.
The second fixture pitted defending champions AVC-Kuwait against formidable Veterans United. Both the teams were missing out on players due to injury, cautions and work commitments. AVC-Kuwait started in the right note by attacking the opposition, but Veterans United frustrated them by excellent defensive play. As Veterans defended stoutly, AVC forwards and midfield found themselves in opposition half for most of the time, but just could not bulge the nylons as the Veterans United defence led by maverick Benny Fernandes and stunning goalkeeping by his namesake Benny kept AVC at bay. Finally in the 31st minute of the first half prolific goalscorer Anthony put AVC ahead with a stinging right footer unleashed from the right flank giving no chance to Benny in Veterans goal. In the second half again Veterans United frustrated AVC-Kuwait by parking themselves in the own half. As frustration grew for AVC, a brilliant stunner from AVC’s professional midfielder Francis Sr from the top of the box unlocked Veterans stubborn defence to put AVC 2-0 up. In the final minutes Anthony completed his brace to win the tie comfortably by 3 goals to nil.
The third match between Real Betalbatim Football Club (RBFC) and MAC was awarded to RBFC as MAC could not make it to the ground on the scheduled time, thus earning 3 valuable points to RBFC.
The matches were officiated by Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA) Kuwait.
Following are the league fixture scheduled on 25th March 2010 to be held on Daya grounds.
At 6.45am Veterans v/s Fahaheel Bros Jr.
At 8am Indians v/s Big Boys Kuwait
At 9.15am AVC-Kuwait v/s MAC
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