Sub-Jr Boys Inter Dist football : IWDFA edge past DSA Churachandpur 2-1
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 14 2018:
Imphal West District Football Association (IWDFA) displayed an impressive performance in a Group A league match of the 22nd Sub-Junior Boys Inter District Football Tournament being organised by All Manipur Football Association at Artificial Turf Ground, Khuman Lampak with a close 2-1 victory over District Sports Association Churachandpur (DSA Ccpur) today.
Later in the day, DSA Chandel and Imphal East District Football Association (IEDFA) played out a 1-1 draw in a very competitive Group B league match.
E Guyvictor of IWDFA drew the first blood to give his team a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute but Ginneinlan of DSA Churachandpur roared back with an equaliser in the 35th minute to level the score at 1-1.However, a late goal from Y Mahesh in the 72nd minute pushed IWDFA to a 2-1 victory at the end of the regulation time.
Chineilun of DSA Churachandpur was yellow carded in the 26th minute while K Akash Singh of IWDFA was also booked in the 32nd minute.
In the second Group B league match, both the teams DSA Chandel and IEDFA started on a cautious note confining the ball movement on their respective side which resulted in the goalless first half.
After the breather, DSA Chandel tonned its attack with a surprise move from Angnahring to hand his team a 1-0 lead 62 minutes into the game.
As DSA Chandel was on the verge of victory, N Arjun of IEDFA denied it with his perfect goal in the (80+1)' to end the match at 1-1 .