Wangoi FC hold WFC, Ronita FC down SPS FC 2-0 in TKWA trophy
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 19 2018:
In today's
Group H league match of
TKWA Trophy being
organised by Tentha Khongbal
Welfare Association (TKWA)
at Tentha saw Wangoi FC
hold
WFC, Moirangkhom to a 2-2
draw in a
keenly contested
match where Sandeep's heroic
goal in the injury time pulled
out Wangoi FC from the jaws
of defeat while Ronita FC,
Tentha outplayed SPS FC,
Khongjom 2-0 in the Group A
league match.
In the first match, Wangoi
FC took the early lead with a
fine goal from Suresh in the
3rd minute of the game.
These early goal shook up
WFC severely and came back
strongly with two successive
goals from Sanatomba and
Basant in the 17th and 18th
minutes respectively to make
the scoreline 2-1 at the end of
the first half.
In the second
half, Wangoi FC tried hard to
make up the goal deficit but
WFC held their ground
strongly and thwarted all the
attempt till the last minute of
the second half before
Sandeep Soraijam jumped
into action in the (40+3)th
minute and saved Wangoi FC
from a humiliating defeat to
make the scoreline 2-2 at the
end of the match.
In the second match, both
the teams started cautiously
with no significant moves vis-
ible till the end of the first
half.
But the Ronita FC turned
the tide in their favour in the
second half through Nepo
who delivered a breakthrough
in the 24th minute to make the
lead 1-0. Gobindas too
chipped in with a nice goal in
the 32nd second which helped
Ronita FC savoured the vic-
tory by 2-0 goals at the end of
the match.