Tahchapa, Thamla FC advance in Chumbang Cup
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 17 2023:
Tahchapa and Thamla FC emerged the victors in the 2nd Chumbang Cup 2023 at Chumbang village playground, Chandel on Friday.
Doupu netted a treble to help Tahchapa outscore Chumbang-A 5-3 .
Ruthou put Chumbang-A in front in the 14th minute but Paocha drew level for Tahchapa in the 18th minute and teammate Doupu found their second goal in the 30th minute before Manggoulen made it 3-1 in the 34th minute.
Eight minutes later, Chumbang reduced the deficit through Daimas but Doupu scored twice (48, 57) to complete his hat-trick and give Tahchapa a 5-2 lead.
Taimanhoi netted Chumbang's third goal in vain just before the end of the game.
Thamla FC, on the other hand, came from behind to snatch a 2-1 win over UFC.
UFC took the lead in the 20th minute through Mal-reng but they failed to make further inroads as Thamla FC fought back strongly to overturn the score through Darpol (50) and Boaz (80+2) and run out 2-1 winners.