FC Alakhpura beat Hans Women FC 1-0 in the opening match of the third edition of the Indian Women's League football here on Sunday.
India U-18 international Samiksha scored the only goal of the match as the team from Haryana grabbed all the three points at the Guru Nanak Stadium.
It was Hans Women FC which dominated the match in the early period, with Nigerian midfielder Uchenna Ukachukwu plotting their attacks.
However, Alakhpura soon began to take control of the match and started playing their swift passing game.
It took them a little over a quarter of an hour to open the scoring through Samiksha. The forward was played through inside the opposition area, as she rounded off the Hans keeper Deepika Venkatesh and plonked the ball into the net.
That goal jolted Hans, but Alakhpura's high-pressing game did not give them much chance to get their attacks going.
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Hans striker Anushka Samuel came closest to drawing the scores level in the second half, when she made her way into the box from the right and just had to put it past the keeper from an angle. But Alakhpura custodian Neelam got down and made a fine save to keep her side ahead.
Despite the incessant attacks of Alakhpura, led by Samiksha, Hans kept finding spaces on the counter.
Anushka was in the thick of the action again as she got the better of a defender and played Jyoti Burrett who shot wide.