Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 18 2009:
SSU, Singjamei and NEROCA, Sangakpham scripted comfortable victories while TRAU, Kwakeithel and TRUGPU, Nambol settled for a 1-1 draw in first leg matches of the 4th Manipur State League football tournament played today at Mapal kangjeibung and Khuman lampak main stadium today.
In the Mapal kangjeibung match, goals from Md Sahidur Rahman (15th), Y Sachidananda (41st) and Ng Jitkumar (80th) helped SSU cruise to a 3-1 victory against USA, Khurai for whom M Robinson reduced the score deficit in the 17th minute.
The match was USA's home tie.
At Khuman lampak Main stadium, L Bikram tapped in home side TRAU's goal seven minutes into the match with the Nambol side restoring parity on L Gouro's 35th minute strike.
In the other match at the same venue, NEROCA outplayed ESU, Wangkhei 2-0 with H Chakravarti and Kh Satish scoring in the 61st and 81st minutes respectively.