Somesh Mohanty made the score-line 3-0 with a stinging right-footer in the 33rd minute. Rajiv capped the victory two minutes later, converting a penalty kick with ease. BJEMS would have won the match by a much bigger margin but for the PEMS substitute goalkeeper, who saved at least three goals for his side. PEMS defence was vulnerable unit and committed repeated mistakes in clearing the ball from their zone.

Organised by premier football club, Unit-VI Athletic Association, the oldest and most popular inter-school football tournament of the state was inaugurated by Angul-Sukinda Railway Limited Managing Director Dilip Kumar Samantray. Odisha’s junior international badminton player Rutaparna Panda, who is being groomed by Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, was felicitated on the occasion.

Football Association of Odisha vice-president Bhakta Ballav Das, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association joint-secretary Naba Ranjan Patnaik, member Priyanath Mishra, local Corporator Pranab Kishore Swain, Unit-VI Athletic Association president Tapan Kumar Mohanty, vice-president Prafulla Kumar Mishra and secretary Dillip Kumar Das were present on the occasion.

RESULTS:

LEAGUE STAGE:
August 8 (Match No 1): BJEM School (Pratyush Singh 2, Rajiv Das 20, 35; Somesh Mohanty 33) beat Prabhujee EM School 4-0.
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TOP: Player of the match Rajiv Das (Left) with teammate Pratyush Singh in Bhubaneswar on August 8, 2017.
RIGHT: Chief guiest Dilip Kumar Samantray felicitates Odisha’s junior international shuttler Rutaparna Panda in Bhubaneswar on August 8, 2017.