HKKSA claim Thoubal 1st Division Football League title
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 29 2021:
HKKSA (Haokha Kiyam) handed out a 5 1 thrashing to SLYO (Tekcham) to clinch the Thoubal 1st Division Football League Tournament 2021 title on Tuesday at Kshetri Leikai playground, Thoubal.
The victory in the last league match helped HKKSA secure a total of 8 points from their 4 matches that included 2 wins and 2 draws.
The Haokha Kiyam side and ELYSA finished level on 8 points but the former topped the league table on better goal difference to walk away with the championship trophy.
In the closing match-, M Deril and T Donaldo netted a double each in HKKSA's emphatic 5-1 win over SLYO.
M Prithiviraj registered t he first shot on target in the 17th minute to give HKKSA the lead and then M Deril doubled the scoring in the 24th minute as S Berlin halved the deficit with a 49th-minute effort for SLYO.
HKKSA, however, bounced back strongly with Deril claiming his second and team's third goal in the 33nd minute before T Donaldo took care of the rest, netting a quick double (45th, 47th) to eventually give his side a memorable day.