State in finals of Inter SAI football
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 13 2011:
With two wins and same number of draws SAI NERC Imphal advanced to the summit round of the All India SAI Inter Regional Under-17 football tournament and will take on league round champions SAI East, Kolkata for the title match tomorrow at 2 pm.
In the last league round matches played today at Takyel ground, SAI Imphal were held to a 1-1 draw by SAI Guwahati in the morning while in the afternoon match against SAI Lucknow, the Imphal unit cruised to a 5-0 victory.
While Robinson scored in the drawn match against Guwahati in the 50th minute, goals from Robinson (3rd), Anthony (5th), Bronson (35th) and Bidyananda (48th, 52nd) ensured SAI Imphal's place in the final as league round runners-up.
Even though SAI Imphal, Kolkata and Guwahati culled eight points each Imphal and Kolkata earned the right to play in the final with better goal average.
Meanwhile, SAI Kolkata crushed SAI Central Centre, Bhopal 3-0 and drew 1-1 against SAI Guwahati in the afternoon match today.
In the under-14 Inter SAI tournament being held at Kokrajhar, SAI Imphal routed Lucknow 8-0 to set up final clash against Guwahati tomorrow.