East Bengal registers biggest win in IWL history

East Bengal FC earned its biggest-ever win in the Indian Women’s League as it beat Sesa Football Academy 9-0 at the Kalyani Stadium on Tuesday.
According to Sportstar report, Fazila Ikwaput (9’, 22’, 25’, 72’) and Soumya Guguloth (6’, 54’, 86’) netted a hat-trick each, with the former scoring four. Sulanjana Raul (17’) and Resty Nanziri (40’) also contributed a goal each as newly-promoted Sesa Football Academy succumbed to its heaviest-ever defeat in the national leagues (IWL and IWL 2).
As a result, defending champion East Bengal rose to the second spot with a perfect record of nine points in three games so far. The Moshal Girls have a game in hand over leader Nita Football Academy, which has 10 points. Sesa FA remained at the bottom with no points in four games.
At the National Centre of Excellence in Kolkata, an early strike from Pyari Xaxa (7’) proved decisive as Nita FA extended its unbeaten run with a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Garhwal United FC.
Nita FA has now won three and drawn one of its games. Garhwal United, meanwhile, suffered its second successive defeat and remains on six points after four outings.
Nita wasted little time in asserting its authority. Even before Garhwal could settle into its defensive shape, the breakthrough arrived in the seventh minute. Neha showed excellent determination down the left flank, shrugging off the challenge of Alka Indwar before delivering a teasing cross across the face of the goal. Pyari, completely unmarked inside the box, met it with a crisp first-time volley to leave nothing to chance.
They huffed and they puffed, but Sethu FC’s girls finally managed to stumble over the finish line, defeating Sribhumi FC 4-2 in an earlier fixture at Kalyani.
Lynda Kom Serto (10’, 18’, 90+5’) scored a hat-trick for Sethu, while Abigail Antwi (46’) netted one. Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar (50’, 87’) netted two for Sribhumi.