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Defending champion East Bengal FC completed the archetypal signifier of the Indian Women’s League successful benignant arsenic it downed Gokulam Kerala FC 3-0 successful a seventh-round lucifer astatine the Kalyani Stadium connected Friday.
East Bengal took the pb against three-time champion Gokulam successful the 36th infinitesimal done Ugandan planetary Fazila Ikwaput. Resty Nanziri and Sulanjana Raul recovered the people erstwhile each aft the interruption to guarantee the afloat quota of points for East Bengal, which registered its sixth consecutive triumph to tally 18 points and finished connected apical of the standings arsenic the tourney reached its halfway stage.
East Bengal besides has a crippled successful manus arsenic its fixture against Sribhumi FC was postponed owed to its commitments successful the SAFF Women’s Club Championship. That lucifer volition beryllium accommodated successful the league’s 2nd phase, which is scheduled to statesman successful March aft the Indian women’s team’s Asian Cup engagement.
Sethu FC powered its mode to the 2nd spot (16 points from 7 matches) successful the existent standings with a 4-1 triumph implicit Garhwal United FC astatine the National Centre of Excellence.
After playing a barren archetypal session, Sethu returned powerfully to find the pb successful the 52nd infinitesimal done P. Dhurga. Malavika P. doubled the vantage successful the 60th infinitesimal earlier Lynda Kom Serto made it 3-0 successful the 62nd for her eighth extremity of the campaign. Nirmala Devi Phanjoubam recovered the people successful the 74th infinitesimal to summation the pb further earlier Esther Tingjoukim pulled 1 backmost for Garhwal successful the 82nd minute.
The results (round seven): At NCE: Sethu FC 4 (P. Dhurga 53, Malavika P. 60, Lynda Kom Serto 62, Nirmala Devi Phanjoubam 74) bt Garhwal United FC 1 (Esther Tingjoukim 84); Kickstart FC 3 (Emem Peace Essien 2, 61, 90+3) bt Sesa Football Academy 1 (Aniela Barretto 17)
At Kalyani: Nita Football Academy 3 (Karishma Shirvoikar 25-og, Pyari Xaxa 55, 90) bt Sribhumi FC 2 (Anju Tamang 45+2, Karishma Shirvoikar 67); East Bengal FC 3 (Fazila Ikwaput 36, Resty Nanziri 55, Sulanjana Raul 76) bt Gokulam Kerala FC 0.
