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YWC emerge Sr Women's Football League champions, earn IWL qualifiers berth
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 02 2022:
YWC, Langthabal finished on top of the 12th AMFA Senior Women's Football League to clinch a qualifying round berth of the Indian Women's League (IWL) .
YWC scored a goal each on either side of the break to win 2-0 against ESU, Wangkhei in their last tie for the 8th win today and to finish atop the table of the double league competition organised by the All Manipur Football Association.
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YWC which enjoyed a lion's share of possession today entered into the break with a 1-0 lead thanks to M Nandeshwori strike in the 21st minute and Hoineihat extended the lead to 2-0 in the 44th minute of the match at Artificial Turf, Lamlong Thongkhong.
ESU, though ended without a goal, had few close calls to reduce the gap but YWC defence remained firm to deter any change in the scoreline.
With the win, YWC capped the pre-qualifying event to the Indian Women's League on 25 points, three points ahead of the closest competitors KRYPHSA, Naoremthong who were held to a goalless draw MPSC latter in the penultimate game of the tourney at the same venue today.
It may be noted that KRYPHSA were ahead till the 8th game on 21 points from 7 wins but faltered in the 9th game for the second loss and eventually YWC overtook the lead in the previous game.
Meanwhile in the 29th match of the tourney staged in the second ground, ICSA, Irengbam thumped WFA, Kakching with a similar 2-0 margin for the second win in 10 matches and finished the league event on 7 points from two wins and a draw.
L Bijeiya earned the Irengbam side's lead in the 27th minute after both the teams started cautiously and Th Sanjita rounded off the scoring in the 75th minute of the match.
Interestingly, WFA failed to open their point account in the tourney losing all the ten matches.
Final team standings
TEAM M W D L G/F G/A G/D PT
ywc 10 8 1 1 23 06 +19 25
kryphsa 10 7 1 2 23 07 +16 22
esu 10 5 2 3 12 06 +06 17
mpsc 10 4 3 3 12 05 +07 15
icsa 10 2 1 7 07 17 -10 07
wfa 10 0 0 10 01 39 -38 00 .
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