Imphal United, GDC script victories in Shaheed Manoranjan football tourney
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 08 2023:
The fourth day of the 13th Shaheed Manoranjan football tournament saw Imphal United and GDC (Thinungei) emerge the victors to advance to the pre-quarter finals.
Imphal United started the day with a hard-fought 1-0 victory against RFCC FC (Keinou) at SAI Sports complex, Takyel on Wednesday.
Soraisam Robinson was the hero for Imphal United as his 49th-minute strike eventually proved to be the winner in a keenly contested game.
GDC, meanwhile, claimed a convincing 3-1 win over SAI (Imphal) to join Imphal United in the last 16.The Keinou side trailed behind their opponents early after they conceded an own goal five minutes into the game.
GDC, however, made amends for their defensive blunder when N Arbin Singh evened the score in the 22nd minute before Kh Amarjit put them ahead in the 31st minute.
The side then added a goal in the final stretch of the game after K Sunder Singh was on target (90+5).On Thursday (February), KFA (Kangpokpi) will play SU (Sagolband) at 10.30 am before F4C (Saikul) and NEROCA FC take the field at 1.30 pm .