Hosts Maharashtra had a field day with the Under-19 boys scoring the biggest upset shocking last year’s runners up Odisha, while the Under-17 girls doubled joy earning opening round success in the Pune FC-59th SGFI National Football Championship, on Sunday.

The Maharashtra boys overcame the spirited resistance of Odisha 1-0 in a Group D encounter at the Pune FC Training Pitches, Mamurdi, while the girls pushed aside Punjab 5-4 via the tie-breaker after playing out regulation time sharing four goals.

The hero of Maharashtra boys was Farukh Chaudhary who netted the all-important winner in the 56th minute of the match.

At the Balewadi Sports Complex, Maharashtra girls did well to take the advantage twice through the Pawar sisters Aishwarya (12th) and Vaishnavi (36th) before a fighting Punjab rallied to equalise. The Punjabi girls had Manpreet Kaur (14th and 40th) bail them out.

In the ensuing tie-breaker, Maharashtra had Abeer Azbiwala, Suman Salia, Vaishnavi Pawar convert from the spot, while Manpreet Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur earned success for the losers.

The win thus enables the hosts complete a hat-trick of wins in their openers after the Under-19 girls had won their game yesterday.

RESULTS OF THE DAY

BOYS – Under-19 Category

Assam 5-1 Tamil Nadu
Goals: Emmanuel Walswanliaw (3x), Didone Hajury, Shampow Rongne; Ajit Kumar

Chhatisgarh 2-0 Daman & Diu
Goals: Dinesh Kumar, Manish Singh

Maharashtra 1-0 Odisha
Goals: Farukh Chaudhary

Madhya Pradesh 9-0 Navodhay Vidyala Sangathan
Goals: Harsh Somi (3x), Shivam Lal (2x), Sunny Jananger, Gautam Kanojiya, Kunal Hasan, Siddharth Balivn

Uttar Pradesh 3-0 Gujarat
Goals: Mithun Manhas (2x), Kamruddin

GIRLS – Under-19 Category

Maharashtra 5-4 Punjab
Goals: Aishwarya Pawar, Vaishnavi Pawar, Abeer Azbiwala, Suman Salia, Vaishnavi Pawar; Manpreet Kaur (2x); Manpreet Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur

Haryana 3-0 Delhi
Goals: Sanju (2x), Mamta Singh

Odisha 1-0 Puducheri
Goals: Susmita Tirkey

Madhya Pradesh 3-0 Indian Public School Committee
Goals: Seema Narekar, Yashodha Singh, Nisha Bais

Chandigarh 1-0 Uttar Pradesh
Goals: Anika Kumari

Tamil Nadu 6-0 Uttrakhand
Goals: R Sandhiya (2x), V Sowbakkiyam, K Kaviya, R Jeevitha

Chhatisgarh 1-1 Karnataka
Goals: Chandrika Mandari; Prajwa Poonachia