State League: SSU, NEROCA advance
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 11 2014:
SSU Singjamei and NEROCA Sangakpham progressed in the ongoing 9th Manipur State League 2014 being organised by All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) under the sponsorship of MLA Khumukcham Joykisan at Mapal Kangjeibung here today.
In the first match, SSU beat USA Khurai by 1-0 goal.
It was just two minutes to go for the normal time, when Th Santosh scored the lone goal of the first match.
S Sadananda of USA was booked yellow card in the 71st minute of the match for his unsporting behavior.
The scoring account of the second match was opened through Th Ratan of TRUGPU Nambol in the 4th minute but it was equalized by Kh Satish of NEROCA in the 14th minute.
In the 21st minute, L Sanatomba added another goal for TRUGPU but it was also leveled by Kh Sanjoy in the last minute of the break time.
Both teams could not score any further goal in favour of their respective teams during the normal time of the match.
After the 3rd minute of the injury time, account opener of NEROCA, Kh Satish scored the winning goal, thus NEROC beat TRUGPU by 3-2 goals.
Y Gojen, Th Ratan and Y Inao of TRUGPU and Y Chingkhei of NEROCA were shown yellow cards for foul play during the match.
In the State League matches tomorrow, NACO will fight MPSC at 12:30 pm and AIM will meet NISA at 2:30 pm.