AIFF Youth U-15 report
Striker Joel Barnes was in impressive scoring form and notched up a fine hat-trick to power Football Club of Mumbaikars to an authoritative 5-1 win against PIFA Colaba in the second match of the AIFF Under-15 Youth League 2017-18 and played under lights at the Cooperage ground, late on Sunday evening.
Joel Barnes
The lanky and dashing forward Joel got down to business almost instantly firing home the first goal in the very eighth minute and 10 minutes later he added the second to double Mumbaikars lead. Joel showing a great goal-scoring instinct went on to score the third goal and complete his hat-trick in the 42nd minute as Mumbaikars went into the break with a healthy 3-0 cushion.
After switching ends, Lance Fernandes hit the target in the 54th minute to increase Mumbaikars lead to 4-0 before the Colaba side managed to cut the lead with Kabbir Sukhwani finding the back of the net in the 63rd minute. Mumbaikars complete the rout when Pranay Choudary hammered in th fifth goal in the 83rd minute.
Result: Football Club of Mumbaikars (Joel Barnes 8th, 18th, 42nd, Lance Fernandes 54th, Pranay Choudhary 83rd) beat PIFA Colaba 1 (Kabbir Sukhwani 63rd).