CFA, RAU to meet in Futsal tourney
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 27 2021:
CFA and RAU both outclassed their semifinal opponents on their way to the final of the 1st Col Khetrimayum Arunkumar Memorial Futsal Tournament 2021 organised by AMFA.
The semifinal match saw CFA stroll to a 10-1 victory over SSC as Ganningam Malangand Gogocha Chungkham struck in a treble each.
CFA needed just three minutes from kickoff to open the scoring through Gogocha and they extended their lead in the 8th minute courtesy of Samson Keishing before Bogimayum Imtiyash (11th) scored for SSC which proved to be their only goal of the match.
After conceding a goal, CFA bounced back strongly as Ganningam netted twice (16th, 18th) in the space of two minutes and Samson found his second in the 19th minute before Wilbert Meitei made it 6-1 in the 25th minute.
Then Gogocha scored a double (26th, 31st) and Ganningam collected his third goal (37th) as the two players completed their trebles before P Govin rounded off the scoring with a 40th-minute goal.
RAU, on the other hand, rode on N Rakesk's hat-trick to beat FC Lamjao 7-3 and face CFA in the final.
Dabar found the opener for RAU six minutes into the game but FC Lamjao restored parity in a matter of one minute through L Kisan.
Then Kushal Thapa regained RAU's lead in the 10th minute only to be equalised again by the opposition with Kisan scoring his second goal in the 13th minute.
N Rakesh put RAU back in front in the 22nd minute and L Sushil extended their lead in the 24th minute before S Punsiba was on target for FC Lamjao.
Rakesh claimed his second goal in the 35th minute for RAU as Kisan completed his hat-trick in the 38th minute for FC Lamjao.
Then RAU added two goals courtesy of Kushal (his second goal) and Rakesh (his third goal) to make sure of their semifinal triumph.
The final match will take place on Tuesday at Poloi Artificial Turf Ground, Chingarel Tejpur.