Echel win Jiri league title
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 01 2013 :
Thanks to YLC, Dibong Khunou's 3-1 defeat of LYC, Lundraijang, Echel Club, Dibong emerged as the champions of the 11th Th Radhamani Memorial first Division football league tour-nament which concluded today at Jiribam Higher Secondary School ground.
An outright victory would have ensured the title for LYC on better goal average than Echel Club but the pressure of title prospect seemingly weighed heavily on the Lun-draijang side as they never recovered after conceding the lead to YLC in the 19th mi-nute with Rohit firing home the opener.
Amarjit doubled the advantage in the 29th minute and James rounded off the comfortable win in the 79th after Jewel had pulled back one in 50th minute for LYC, who finished third on 8 point.
YLC, on the otherhand, secured the runners-up position with 10 points, one less than the league champions.
The league tournament organised by All Jiribam sports Association was actually participated by seven teams but reduced to six after the scratching of JYC for non abidance to tournament rules.