Chaorel 7 A Side Football: TYC to clash against WFC (B) for the title
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 29 2015 :
TYC, Top Wangma and WFC (B), Moirangkhom will fight the title match of the 1st (L) Athokpam Chaorel Singh Memorial 7 A Side Men's Open Football Tournament being organized by TOP FC (TFC) at SAC Ground on May 31 .
TYC, Top Wangma defeated NEFSA FC Kshetri Mayai Leikai in 2-1 in the first semifinal match on Friday to advance into the final.
TYC, Top Wangma scored in each half to pocket the match against NEFSA FC Kshetri Mayai Leikai in the first semi final match.
Abung of TYC exploited the early period and produces a low powerful drive that found the target to stunned NEFSA FC player in 7th min of the match.
NEFSA FC recovered from the early shock and pressed hard to get the equalizer.
TYC defenders were also equal to the task and defended the territory till the end of first half.
At the break TYC leads 1-0 .
After change of ends, TYC make some quick attacks into NEFSA territory.
In one such attack, Gandhi dogged his marker and slotted the ball into NEFSA goal mouth in 37th min to take 2-0 lead.
NEFSA FC had to play the role of catch up during the entire match but their effort finally succeeded when Boyai tapped in the ball into TYC goal mouth in 38th min.
With one goal standing between a spot in the final and going home empty had NEFSA FC player put more player up front to get the elusive goal.
TYC defenders, regrouped from the rare mistake and did not provide any space to the advancing NEFSA FC forwards thereby defends the lead and book a spot in final.
WFC (A), Moirangkhom lost to WFC (B), Moirangkhom in a battle of brothers in the second semifinal match.
The match between the two brothers was a high intensity match with no team ready to lose any inch to other.
Two minutes in the first half turned out to the decider in the match.
In a span of two minutes WFC (B) players roamed in two goals to decide the faith of the match.
Sanatomba of WFC (B) opened the account in 22nd min of the match to take 1-0 lead.
Before, WFC (A) could recovered Phalguni strikes in 24th min to take 2-0 lead for WFC (B).
Phalguni's strike left WFC (A) players to wonder what struck them.
With going home looming large, WFC (A) draw all the experience to get the goals but WFC (B) players maintained their composer and defend the two goal lead for a place in final.