USA edge into Manoranjan football quarters
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 14 2023:
USA (Khurai) scored at both ends to scrape past Muvanlai Athletics 2-1 and seal a quarterfinal berth in the 13th Shaheed Manoranjan Singh Memorial CRPF Football Tournament on Tuesday.
A Makhon put USA ahead in the 12th minute as the Khurai side fended off a flurry of raids from Muvanlai to keep their lead intact through the halftime whistle.
After the interval, Muvanlai went all and levelled the score in the 60th minute with Manglienboi on target.
Then the game intensified with waves of attacks and counter-attacks until Y Sobha drilled home a goal for USA in a goalmouth tussle.
Sobha's 86th-minute strike eventually proved to be the decider.
With the result, USA will now meet NESU in a quarterfinal match on February 20 .
The next pre-quarterfinal match pits Imphal United ((Awang Sekmai) against SYMROPIA (Churachandpur) on Wednesday (February 15) .