5th Kanti Mukherjee hockey tournament Narrow win for Meira, MPSC down SYUC 7-4
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 20 2015 :
Meira, Bashikhong and MPSC registered wins against their respective opponents in the ongoing 15th Dr Kanti Mukherjee Memorial Invitation Hockey Tournament organised by Hockey Manipur today at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium, Imphal.
In the first match of the day, Meira, Bashikhong claimed a narrow 5-4 win against SSA, Charangpat.
Meira's Th Tompok slammed home four goals in the 6th, 25th, 32 and 33rd minuted followed by a strike from S Anjoy in the 44th minute.
On the other hand, SSA's H Romen struck three goals in the 12th, 41st and 59th minute while L Dipu contributed a goal in the 52nd minute which gave SSA 4 goals.
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SSA continued with a series of attack to reduce the margin but their efforts went fruitless as they could not find the target before the final whistle.
In another match of the day, SYUC, Uchekon Khunou went down fighting against MPSC by a margin of 7 goals to four.
An early strike from P Priyokumar gave the opening goal for MPSC in the 8th minute.
MPSC witnessed their second goal from Th Birjit in the 21st minute but M Philepa managed to pull back a goal in the next minute.
Minutes later, M Shantikumar slotted a goal for MPSC in the 25th minute before Th Birjit slammed in his second goal in the 31st minute to take a comfortable 4-1 lead.
On the other hand, SYUC managed to pull back two goals ten later minutes when M Philepa found his second goal in the 39th minute followed by a strike from M Roben in the 42nd minute.
In the next minute, P Priyokumar scored another one for MPSC in the 43rd minute to help his side take a comfortable 5-3 lead by the end of the first half.
A minute into the second half, SYUC's Surjit found the net in the 46th minute to make the scoreline 5-4 .
Strikes from L Punachandra and Th Birjit in the 54th and 59th minute sealed the match 7-4 in favour of MPSC.
MPSC's A Arun and P Priyokumar and SSA's L Sanjaoba were cautioned during the match.