Indian Women's League (IWL)
IWL 2023: Kickstart FC qualifies for maiden IWL finals - Highlights
Kickstart FC Karnataka defeated Sethu Madurai FC and qualified for IWL 2023 finals.
Kickstart FC Karnataka qualified for the Hero IWL for the first time in their history and they are not done. The league champions of Karnataka have booked a ticket to the Hero IWL finals after beating Sethu Madurai two goals to nil.
Elizabeth Kioko scored the first goal for Kickstart FC from a defensive error of Sethu Madurai. Sara Limbu scored an absolute banger to seal the win and a ticket to the finals.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 19 May 2023 12:13 PM GMT
42'- Kajol finds the crossbar!
Great shot taken by youngster Kajol D'Souza from the edge of the box but it only rattles the crossbar!
- 19 May 2023 12:09 PM GMT
37'- The match has been dominated by green, so far
The women in green have had most of the ball, with the ones in pink creating the ocassional chance until someone from Kickstart thwarts the attack and goes on to get their second goal.
- 19 May 2023 11:59 AM GMT
Cooling Break
A moment of introspection for the Sethu FC players as they revisit their plans for the first half, trailing to Kickstart FC by a goal.
- 19 May 2023 11:54 AM GMT
23'- Kickstart almost doubled their lead!
Kickstart through a corner found the gloves of Anjila Subba but the rebound found a pink shirt's touch as the ball hit the upright, inches away from going inside the net and giving the Karnataka side their second goal.
- 19 May 2023 11:50 AM GMT
15' Sethu Madurai FC lacks composure !
Looks-like Sethu FC is yet to recover from conceding that first goal, the defense is allover the place, forwards are unable to thread 3 passes together.
- 19 May 2023 11:43 AM GMT
10' GOOAAAALLLL !!!
Kioko Elizabeth takes the lead from a defensive error. Shocking Shocking error from a team that has only conceded very less goal throughout the season.
KFCK 1 - 0 SMFC
- 19 May 2023 11:38 AM GMT
Kickstart FC on front foot !
Kickstart fc has been attacking in the first minutes of the game, but the defence of Sethu FC is very compact.
- 19 May 2023 11:23 AM GMT
Too hot for warmup!
Our ground reporter Abhijit Nair reports that the weather is so hot in Ahmedabad, Gujarat that the players aren't even in warming up!