Football: Tie breaker...Varanasi defeated agra division's women's team by 4-2, won the trophy; great performance.
Players performed brilliantly in the Regional Coordination Senior Women's Football on the stadium ground. In this, Varanasi's team defeated the agra division's team. Sports News: Regional Coordination Senior Women's Football played at Dr. Sampurnanand sports Stadium of Sigra concluded on Friday. When the match in the final of the competition was a draw, a breaker was used to get the result. In this, varanasi defeated the agra division's team and won the winning trophy.
In the final match of the competition, varanasi started the game at a fast pace and created a stir in agra division's penalty area, but the goalkeeper saved the ball and ended the possibility of a goal. In the 14th minute of the game, sakshi scored a goal from a rebound kick on the ball that bounced back after hitting Varanasi's defense player, giving agra a 1-0 lead. After scoring the goal, Agra's team started playing defensively. Varanasi division kept attacking continuously, but could not overcome Agra's goalkeeper, Manisha.
Varanasi got success in the 44th minute of the game when their Shalini Verma scored a goal and equalized the score to 1-1. As the match was a draw, a tie-breaker was used to decide the result. Varanasi division won the match 4-2 in the tie-breaker. Komal, Nandini, shalini Verma, and chandni Patel scored from the varanasi division's side.
Sapna and rishika were successful in scoring goals from Agra's side. Thus, varanasi won the final match by a score of 5-3 and captured the winner's trophy. District Panchayat President Poonam Maurya, the chief guest of the closing ceremony, and UP Football Association's honorary secretary Mohammad Shahid, the special guest, awarded the players.
The five-day competition for women was played from august 1 to 8. The matches were played on a knockout basis for the first five days, while the matches were played on a knockout basis for the last three days. In its two groups, five teams each, and in two other pools, players from four teams each played a total of 29 matches. A regional senior women's category competition was organised to increase women's participation in sports. 288 players from 18 divisions participated in it. - Vimala Singh, Regional sports Officer, Varanasi
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