10th Naorem Bhubon Memorial Football meet : TRAU overcome MPSC
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 03 2014:
Riding on a brace from S Surchand, TRAU, Kwakeithel overcame a fighting MPSC by a margin of two goals to nil in the 10th Naorem Bhubon Memorial State Level Invitation Football Tournament for DSA Trophy underway at DSA Kakching, ground.
Wary of each other, the match started tentatively, with each team adopting a defensive line up and not opening up their attack.
Both teams were evenly matched in the first half with either side failing to breach through the tight defence of each other.
No real dangerous moves were initiated in the first half with both teams content on keeping their goal intact.
The defensive approach from both sides resulted in a barren first half and lemon break was taken with the score tied at 0-0 .
After the break, TRAU changed their tactics and launched a series of attacks, regularly breaking through the defence line of the police team.
The open and flowing game of TRAU paid dividends just two minutes into the second half when S Surchand netted the ball in the 47th minute.
The goal came from an attack down the flank and L Bikram managed to create enough space for himself to float the ball on top of the penalty box of the police team.
S Surchand managed to control the ball neatly and after side stepping a couple of defenders managed to send the custodian of MPSC the wrong way to help his team take the lead.
Undaunted by the setback, MPSC put more men on the attack and launched a number of moves but none came close to scoring.
TRAU on the other hand did not rest on their one goal lead and continued with their attacking line up.
The Kwakeithel team then took a long run down the flank and L Ratan managed to let go a precise pass to S Surchand who found himself in a good position to find the target for the second time in the 67th minute and seal the match.