Goalkeeper Gugun stars as Ward No 13 reach KIWAT final
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, February 06 2019:
Gugun brilliantly saved two penalties in a tie-break as Ward No 13 stayed on track for the 15th Kanggui Inter Ward Tournament 2019 title.
They will meet Ward No 1 in the momentous final match on February 9 at M Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi DHQs.
The promising young custodian had also displayed a magnificent performance having numbers courageous saved in the challenging last semi-final match of Team-A this afternoon amidst impressive audience surrounding the pitch in all comers.
Dashing past the tough defence line, Lamgou galloped into Ward No 10 penalty area and beat the last man to find the opener in the 8th minute before Lamgin of the same team conceded an own goal two minutes latter and drew level.
The top scorer of the tournament so far, Thangvanglen fired home an indirect kick in the 30th minute after Lamgou was brought down heavily by Ward No 10 taut defenders to lead the game till Thonggunmang converted a penalty kick in the 57th minutes after Ward No 13 defenders committed a serious handball inside the goal area rendering the match to end in a 2-2 draw.
In the penalty shoot-out, Ward No 13 had superbly scored four while its promising young Custodian made two expensive saves to book the prestigious final berth after edging past Ward No 10 6-4 in aggregate.
In the last semi-final Team-B match, Ward No 14 (B) had a narrow 1-0 win over Ward No 1 (B) to set up the title clash with Ward No 8 (B) in the final match on February 9 before Ward No 13 and Ward No 1 lock horns for the Champion title from Team-A .