1st Bijen Memorial Soccer : Langathel FC, YDA reach quarter finals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 01 2019:
Langathel FC made it to the quarter finals of the 1st Yumlembam Bijen Singh Memorial Village Open Soccer Tournament organised by Future Football Coaching Centre (FFCC), Angtha after beating YDC, Khoirom on toss as the game failed to settle even after penalty shoot out.
It was an interesting pre-quarter final match as Bakim (4') and Nitish (11') scored for Langathel FC and Bishorjit (23') and Rojen (27') netted for YDC to make it 2-2 draw during regulation time.
Both the teams managed 7 goals each in the shoot-out making the scores level at 9-9 before the game was decided by flipping of a coin.
Lanchenba, Bedic, Bakim, Sunil, Amarjit, Chandrajit and Roshan scored for the Langathel side in the shoot-out while Priyokumar, Prem, Gobin, Naoton, Dorendro, Bishorjit and Amarjit L scored for YDC, Khoirom.
Elsewhere in another pre-quarter final clash, YDA, Ukhongsang edged out PYC, Phouden by 7-6 goals via tie breaker after a 2-2 draw during normal time.
Th Rabichandra (7', 28') scored for YDA in this match while Sahidur and Anosh scored one goal each in the 14th and the 40th minute to make it 2-2 at the end.
In the shoot-out, only Sahidur, Arish Aman, Anish and Sunil Kumar found the net for PYC while YDA's Pitan, Somendro, Johnson, Susil and Gobin found the net to help their team cruise to a 7-6 win and seal a place in the last 8 round.