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Manipur marches into Semifinal at Santosh Trophy
- The Hindu -
Amitabha Das Sharma | GUWAHATI:, Sunday, May 22, 2011
Photo Courtesy : Ritu Raj Konwar (The Hindu)
Manipur reserved a semifinal berth with a facile 3-0 win over Chhattisgarh in the concluding quarterfinal group ‘A' league round of the 65th senior National football championship for the Santosh Trophy here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday.
L. Tiken Singh found the lead before I. Nilakumar Singh and N. Jimmy Singh found the target successively to fetch full points for the North-Eastern giant.
Chhatttisgarh, which had stunned last year's semifinalist Tamil Nadu in the previous match, failed to match the quickness and thrust of the former champion, which got into the attack mode from the start.
The goal for Manipur could have come in early but for the hesitancy of L. Nabachandra Singh, who missed easy chances from close quarters of the Chhattisgarh goal successively in the ninth and 10th minutes.
Manipur continued to press from a bigger margin and doubled the lead in the 41st minute when its skipper Nilakumar found the Chhattisgarh net off a fine angular shot, which foxed Murthy with its speed power.
On the first occasion, in the 64th minute, the Manipur crosspiece came in the way to deny striker Wasim Raja, whose rasping right-footer had beaten the Manipur custodian L. Prem Kumar Singh.
Manipur, which saw Tiken and Nilakumar missing sitters in the 52nd and 58th minutes, sealed the match in its favour when Jimmy Singh found the target in the 82nd minute on an assist from Nilakumar.
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