6th Thongju Cup : Huge wins for ASA, SWC; NYTHC; SEYO also emerge victorious
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 05 2018:
ASA thumped YDO 4-0 while SWC demolished MEIRA by 6-0 goals whereas NYTHC had a narrow 1-0 win over BPYC followed by a comprehensive 3-1 win by SEYO over Oriental Club in today's league matches of the 6th Thongju Cup 2018 being organised by Thongju Kendra United Clubs' Association at SWC Ground, Khongman.
In the first match, ASA dominated the match against YDO from the beginning of the match riding on the spectacular performances from A Rabin who was on target blasting in 3 goals (12', 31', 50+2') to steer his team to a comfortable position while Kh Arunkumar solidified the lead with his single goal in the (25+1)' to take home the match with a massive 4-0 goals.
In the second match, hattrick from Ch Sushil helped SWC to post a huge 6-0 victory over MEIRA.
Ch Sushil displayed his fine touch with the ball when he netted three goals (9', 18', 38') while S Momo (15'), S Ranjit (20+1)' and S Pradipkumar (35') also scored one goal each to wrap up match with the huge margin.
In the third match, NYTHC and BPYC played out an evenly contested match which saw goalless first half.
Both the team tried to outdo each other but fail to convert the chances into goals.
However, NYTHC managed to penetrate the defence of BPYC and scored a single goal through Dung Dung in the 33rd minute to enjoy a 1-0 lead.
BPYC pressed hard to come back into the game but were not able to climb the wall of NYTHC defence and face defeat by a narrow 0-1 margin.
In the last match of the day, SEYO made amends in their technique in the second half which was paid off as they romped past Oriental Club by 3-1 goals after a goalless first half in a keenly contested match.
RK Robin of Oriental Club drew the first blood in the 29th minute to hand his team 1-0 lead in the second half.
SEYO responded with three quick goals through Sumeshkanta (45'), Vishwanath (49') and Purnachandra (50+2)' to seal the match with a comprehensive 3-1 goals.