Women's NFC: Manipur maul Gujarat 6-0
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 02 2023:
M Mandakini netted a hat-trick as Manipur ran out worthy winners with six goals without reply against Gujarat in the 27th Senior Women's National Football Championship at Bengaluru, Karnataka on Sunday.
It was the state squad's second straight win in the competition after they thumped Bihar 5-0 in their campaign opener.
Manipur went into action from the word go and dominated proceedings before they broke the opposition's resistance in the 29th minute.
It was I Prameshwori who opened the scoring as the state eves made further inroads in the space of five minutes.
M Mandakini doubled the lead in the 34th minute before K Anita made it 3-0 in the 42nd minute.
Then Mandakini put Manipur 4-0 up after scoring her second goal just three minutes into the second period.
Lynda Kom found the fifth goal in the 51st minute before Mandakini collected her third and team's sixth goal in the 65th minute to close out the game in style.
Manipur will next play Assam on April 4 .
RESULTS: Himachal Pradesh bt Andhra Pradesh 19-1, Manipur bt Gujarat 6-0, Uttarakhand bt Mizoram 5-0, Maharashtra bt Kerala 1-0, Assam bt Bihar 9-1, Goa & Odisha tied 1-1, Madhya Pradesh bt Ladakh 1-0 .