{"id":127808,"date":"2026-07-11T19:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/127808\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:41:22","slug":"minerva-academy-lifts-helsinki-cup-chandigarh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/127808\/","title":{"rendered":"Minerva Academy lifts Helsinki Cup | Chandigarh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fc5e062c-c2df-4f7e-99f5-645e5f395501jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Minerva Academy lifts Helsinki Cup\" title=\"Minerva players celebrate with the Helsinki Cup 2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Minerva players celebrate with the Helsinki Cup 2026 Chandigarh: Minerva Academy scripted history by winning the prestigious Helsinki Cup 2026 title, defeating Finnish powerhouse HJK 1-0 in a closely contested final on Friday.The victory marked sweet revenge for the Indian side, which had suffered a narrow defeat against HJK during the group stage of the tournament.The final began at a high intensity, with both teams displaying disciplined defensive structures and limiting scoring opportunities. Minerva controlled possession through effective midfield play and pressing, while successfully containing HJK\u2019s counter-attacking threat. The first half ended goalless despite several promising moves from both sides.The decisive moment came in the 37th minute when Minerva forward Rimoson capitalised on a swift attacking move. Showing composure inside the box, he slotted the ball past the goalkeeper to break the deadlock and hand his side a 1-0 lead.HJK pressed hard for an equaliser in the closing stages, but Minerva\u2019s defence stood firm, thwarting repeated attacks to preserve the advantage.At the final whistle, celebrations erupted as Minerva secured a landmark triumph and became one of the few Indian youth teams to claim a major international title on European soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minerva players celebrate with the Helsinki Cup 2026 Chandigarh: Minerva Academy scripted history by winning the prestigious Helsinki&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[87],"tags":[62230,62236,60400,62234,62235,62227,158,62225,62231,113,62189,62224,47908,62226,62228,62233,60399,62232,62229,48427],"class_list":["post-127808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-helsinki","tag-1-0-victory","tag-37th-minute-goal","tag-chandigarh","tag-counter-attacking-threat","tag-disciplined-defence","tag-european-soil","tag-finland","tag-finnish-powerhouse-hjk","tag-group-stage-defeat","tag-helsinki","tag-helsinki-cup-2026","tag-helsinki-cup-final","tag-hjk","tag-indian-youth-team","tag-international-title","tag-midfield-pressing","tag-minerva-academy","tag-revenge-win","tag-rimoson","tag-youth-football"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116903050433942727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}