State Level Subroto Cup IW school set final date with Ukhrul school
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 01 2016:
Nilamani English School, Imphal West will meet Ukhrul Higher Secondary School, Ukhrul in the final of the Under-17 Boys' Subroto Cup tomorrow.
Enroute to the final scheduled to be held tomorrow, the two teams had to put their best foot forward to down their respective opponents in the semi-final today at Main Stadium, Khuman Lampak Sports Complex today.
Taking the field cautiously, Nilamani English School tested their rival Loyalam Public School, Bishnupur tentatively from the early minutes.
The Bishnupur school lived up to the task at hand and matched their rival in all departments of the game.
The probing attack of Nilamani English School yielded dividends in the 35th minute when Th Santosh latched onto the ball and managed to send it into the far corner of the net.
Down by one goal, the Bishnupur school put more men in the attack and this proved beneficial as they managed to equalise in the 51st minute with Premchan finding the target.
Not to be outdone by the equaliser, Nilamani English School played more purposefully and in the 62nd minute took the lead again when Romario scored in the 62nd minute.
Up by one goal, they piled on the pressure and scored through Th Hemba in the 68th minute to go up 3-1.Down by two goals, the Bishnupur school however did not give up and managed to narrow the margin in the 74th minute when Ngampu was bang on target.
This however proved too little and too late.
In another exciting semi-final match, Ukhrul Higher Secondary School came from behind and downed Afros A Higher Secondary School, Imphal East 2-1.The Imphal East School shot into the lead in the 45th minute with the goal coming from S Krishnakanta.
The school from Ukhrul however came back strongly and scored through Mayon Kaping in the 47th minute and T Khangatar in the 59th minute to enter the final.
The final match will be played tomorrow.