SSU beats NISA in tough fight at 7th MSL
All Manipur Football Assn
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 18 2012:
In a keenly contested match at the 7th Manipur State League organised by the All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) played today at Mapal Kangjeibung, Imphal, Southern Sporting Union (SSU), Singjamei beat North Imphal Sporting Association (NISA), Thangmeiband 3-2 .
Both teams played the match with the true spirits of sportsmanships displaying their skillfull tactics.
Md Sahidur Rahaman of SSU drew the first blood of the match in the 11th minute.
Short of one goal, NISA do not lose their courage and fought back to equalise the score position.
As a result of their efforts, their equaliser came in the 25th minute of the match from Th Boris.
The first half ended in a 1-1 draw.
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In the second half, Borish scored a brace in the 63rd minute and took his team in the lead.
However their joy was shortlived when Imran Khan successfully landed a volley right into the goalline in a free kick in the 70th minute equalising the score.
With both teams engaged in a logjam and the match advancing towards its end, pressures were increasing among the players of both teams.
As they raced for the third goal which would proved to be the winning goal, both teams left no stone unturn to outsmart their rivals.
However it was the skillfull performance of Sahidur Rahaman who scored the winning goal of SSU in the 88th minute.
Short of one goal, NISA players raced against time to equalise the score but the remaining time was too short for them to sneak behind the strong defence of SSU and the match concluded with SSU as winner.
Tongbram Bipin, Md Sahidur Rahaman of SU and S Herojit, Th Ngou and L Bishorjit of NISA were cautioned by the centre referee for their unsporting behaviour during the match.