1st Sub-Jr Girls Inter Club Football : ICSA seal third successive win with 2-1 comeback win against SSC
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 07 2019:
ICSA's spell of success continued as they came from behind to beat SSC, Sekta by 2-1 and posted their third consecutive win at the ongoing 1st Sub-Junior Girls Inter Club Football Tournament organised by All Manipur Football Association at Mapal Kangjeibung today.
SSC, Sekta enjoyed a 1-0 lead in the first half thanks to M Jeena Chanu's 19th minute strike but L Bijeiya of ICSA pulled level in the 65th minute of the match.
It was anyone's game after the equaliser, but the confident ICSA had the most of the possession and scoring chances and after few unsuccessful attempts the team raced ahead L Shelia making her effort count in the 70th minute.
ICSA then held their lead till the final whistle for a 2-1 finish.
Meanwhile, ESU which went down 0-3 to ICSA, registered their second win at the tournament with a 3-1 triumph over THAU, Thangmeiband in another match staged earlier.
ESU and THAU were levelled at 1-1 till the break but ESU found their form in the second half and fired in two more goals to earn a 3-1 win.
Ng Pinku drew first blood in the 16th minute to give ESU a 1-0 lead but K Rexia Devi of THAU drew level in the 22nd minute to make it 1-1 at the break.
After the break, ESU entered the field with more purpose in search of the lead and their efforts paid dividend in the 38th when N Sibani beat the THAU keeper.
ESU were given some hard time after the goal as THAU looked to draw level with some serious run but it really could not affect the scoreline.
And as the attack faded towards the end, ESU had their final say with Ch Anjali making the strike in the 70th minute.