Misaka goal machine Majaw ‘tricks Panthers, Maatru and Parikrma match ends 1-1

Continuing good run, Nisilia Majaw scored her second hattrick in KWL, helping Misaka win over Pink Panthers 5-0. It was Simran Gurung who opened the account in the 7th minute and Nisilia scoring the second goal in first half. After changing ends, Tanvie made it 3-0 for Misaka thru a penalty kick. 

Misaka have bagged 4 wins from as many games and are currently in the top along with Kickstart. 

The game between Parikrma and Maatru Pratishtana ended in 1-1 draw. Parikrma girls were one-goal by in the first half, Keerthana equalized for Maatru at the beginning of second half. 

Kemp FC Vs Roots FC game could not happen today.

 

Parikrma, Kickstart FC win big in KWL

Playing with domination, superpowers Kickstart FC defeated Roots FC 9-0 at the second round of 5th KWL (Super Division) played at the Bangalore Football Stadium today. In the other two games played at the same venue, Parikrma girls thrashed Rebels Women's FC by 11 goals and Maatru Pratisthana overcame Pink Panthers late challenge with a 4-3 win. 

Kickstart FC versus Roots FC game saw the former taking lead in the 5th minute from an Aarushi goal. Attacking from both flanks, Kickstart girls kept Roots’ defence under pressure; kept scoring regularly in the first half. Roots girls just could not keep with the pace of Kickstart forwards and conceded few easy goals. 

Star striker Kaviya completed hattrick in the first half itself with Aarushi scoring her second. On the half time, score-line read 5-0 in favour of Kickstart FC. 

After changing ends, Roots FC combined well in defence, though the attacks were still coming from the Kickstart end, but Roots girls were resilient to thwart Kickstart assault. This was going well for Roots with occasional counters, however striker Sanjita was easily apprehended by Kickstart defence. 

Kickstart again came to scoring thanks to opponent’s silly defending. Roots defence crumbled further conceding 3 goals in last 8 minute. 

 

Kickstart begin title defence with 5-0 win against Maatru Pratishtana

Winner of the last three edition of KWL Super Division, Kickstart FC started their campaign this season with a bang defeating Maatru Pratishtana FC 5-0 at Bangalore Football Stadium today evening. Matru Pratishtana girls were down by two goals in the first half, after lemon break, Kickstart girls pumped thee more. 

In a keenly contested first game of the day, Super Division new comer Modern Girls FC beat another new comer Pink Panthers FC 5-3. The latter team took lead in 8th minute, however, Modern Girls dominated proceedings there on, they rallied back to equalize, and scored two more. Pink Panthers reduced one to make the score 3-2 for Modern in half-time. Modern Girls conceded after changing ends, but Mira Devi’s brace, sealed the fate on Pink Panthers. 

KWL will resume on Thursday, Aug 25 with the following matches: 
 - 12:00 PM: Rebels Women’s FC Vs Parikrma FC 
 - 2:00 PM: Maatru Pratishtana FC Vs Pink Panthers FC 
 - 4:00 PM: Kickstart FC Vs Roots FC 

KWL Super Division 5th edition kicks-off tomorrow

Karnataka State Football Association will kick-off its fifth edition of the Karnataka Women's League (KWL) Super Division 2022-23 season tomorrow, August 21. Three-time champs, Kickstart FC Karnataka will be looking to clinch the title for the 4th time in a row. 

Kickstart FC Karnataka, Misaka United FC, Kemp FC, Maatrupratishtana FC, Parikrma FC, Rebels Women's FC, Modern Girls FC, Pink Panthers FC, and Roots FC are the nine teams participating in this edition.

The best player for every match will receive a Rs 2000 voucher from Plaeto and Rs 1000 voucher from Barley & Grapes Cafe.

The league will be played in a single-leg round-robin format hence giving each team a minimum of 8 games. The tournament is scheduled to go on till October 10.

This season, all teams will be donning the #NoFoulPlay logo on the right hand sleeve of their jersey in support of indiscrimination, anti-sexism, and equality. The #NoFoulPlay campaign was launched recently under the aegis of KSFA.

In Sunday's opening matches Kemp FC will face Rebels Women's FC at 2:00 pm while Roots FC will face Misaka United FC at 4.00 pm.

 

Pink Panthers beat Bengaluru FC Girls 2-0 in Women’s A Division League

Bengaluru FC Media 

Pink Panthers FC beat Bengaluru FC 2-0 in the KSFA Women’s A Division League at the Bangalore Football Stadium today. First half strikes from Aleena (21’,31’) were enough to see Pink Panthers claim three points, handing the Blues their second defeat of the campaign. 

The game started with the Blues pushing for an early lead with the first shot of the game coming inside the first five minutes. Nandini carried the ball into the opponent's box and set up Sanjana Kashinath whose attempt on goal was just wide of the post. Goalkeeper Karnika Karthick was called into action for the first time in the 17th minute when a low drive from Aleena Tony required attention. 

The first goal of the game came in the 21st minute after Aleena cut through the BFC backline with a burst of pace and slotted it past the reach of Karnika. The Panthers’ number 26 scored her second shortly after, picking the ball on the counter and charging her way into the Bengaluru box before a composed finish.

Bengaluru made changes ahead of the break as Ruthu and Shloka replaced Annika and Sila. Into the second period, Bengaluru pushed forward in a bid to reduce the deficit with long distance efforts from Tanvi Nair and Nandini blocked away. Minutes shy of the hour mark, Shloka had a chance to score but for stubborn defending from the Panthers’ backline.

Bengaluru made further changes as Bonifilia Shullai and Misha Agarwal were sent on to replace Chinmayi Tili and Shrujansri Saravanan, but couldn’t break the deadlock as the game ended 2-0 in favour of the Panthers.

The BFC Girls are back in action on Friday, when they take on PASS FC at the same venue.