GYA seal Jadonang football tournament glory
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 05 2022:
Neilangam Pamei and Tingkaochun Gangmei scored a double each to help Gaidim-jang Young Association (GYA) upstage Namdunlong Football Club (NFC) 4-2 in the final of the 13th Jadonang Memorial Football Tournament 2022 played at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium on Saturday.
NFC got off to a promising start with a 12th-minute opener from Gaipuilan Dangmei but GYA fought back strongly and overturned the scoreline in the space of five minutes as Neilangam Pamei put GYA on level terms in the 18th minute before teammate Tingkaochun Gangmei's 23rd-minute strike turned the tables on NFC.
Seven minutes later, NFC battled their way through GYA's defence to restore parity with Gaipuilan Dangmei on target for the second time.
However, the Namdunlong side's brave fightback proved futile as the Gaidimjang squad rebounded strongly with a goal each from Neilangam Pamei (36) and Tingkaochun Gangmei (46).In the ensuing minutes of exchanges, goals eluded both teams but a 4-2 score-line was more than enough for Gaidimjang to become the champions of the 13th Jadonang Memorial Football Tournament 2022.With their title triumph, Gaidimjang pocketed Rs 2.5 lakh in prize money while Namdunlong received Rs 1 lakh, NFC's Gaipuilian Dangmei walked away with the best player of the tournament award, GYA's.Neilangam Pamei and NFC's Gaipuilan Dangmei shared the top scorer accolade, GYA's Jiangmeichung earned the best goalkeeper title, GYA's Lanchangpou Kamei was given the best defender trophy, and GYA's Tingkaochun Gangmei was named player of the match.
Meanwhile, GYA's Kaphun Gangmei received the best coach award as both KFA and DYC were declared best disciplined team, and HYC got the best march past team award.