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Bagan in semifinals

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MUMBAI: Sikkim Football Academy stretched defending champion Mohun Bagan Athletic Club in a Group A league match of the Nike Manchester United Premier Cup (u-15) football tournament on Thursday, before the latter sneaked through into the semifinals on the strength of a better goal difference.

Attacking from kickoff and displaying pace and passion, the SFA lads dominated exchanges but had to remain content with one point from a goalless draw. East Bengal, JCT Football Academy and Mahindra United are the other three to advance into the penultimate stage on Friday at the Cooperage ground.

League results: East Bengal 4 (Ajay Roy, Rudra Dhar, Arup Noel, Supravandhar) bt Providence FC 0; Velsao Pale SC 8 (Alistar Monteiro 3, Stephen Colaco 4, Rowlin Borges) bt Pondicherry FA 0; JCT FA 3 (Premkumar, Baljit Singh, Bhupinder Singh) bt Simla Youngs 0; MDFA Academy 2 (Mithilesh, Gaurang Poddar) bt Eastern Sporting Union 0; Mohun Bagan AC 0 drew with Sikkim FA 0; Mahindra United 0 drew with Mohammedan Sporting 0; SBH Singh FA 0 drew with Goa United SA 0; East Bengal 1 (Ajay Roy) bt Velsao Pale SC 0; Providence FC 7 (Bharatsai 2, Zaid 3, Akshay 2) bt Pondicherry FA 0; JCT FA 1 (Johnny Kumar) drew with Eastern Sporting Union 1 (Preetam); MDFA Academy 4 (Nitesh Munde 3, Joel) bt Simla Youngs 0.

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