MU team qualifies for zonal football
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 24 2014 :
Manipur University football team won the Pool C of the East Zone Inter University Men's Football Tournament 2014 to qualify the Inter Zonal University Football Tournament to be held at Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), Gwalior Madhya Pradesh from December 29 to January 3 .
In the last Pool-C match today, Manipur University ousted West Bengal State University by 5-4 in tiebreak.
During the normal time, Manipur University and West Bengal State University played down to a 1-1 draw.
The solitary goal of the Manipur University was scored by Md Imran in the 18th minute of the match.
Rajendro, Bikram, Rambo and Jiten converted their penalty shootout and summed up the MU's score-sheet to 5 .
East Zone Inter University Men's Football Tournament participated by 40 universities was organized by Mizoram University where Mizoram University, Tripura University and Calcutta University emerged as winners of Pool-A, Pool-B and Pool-D respectively.
Ranking matches of all the four pool winners began from today.
A match played between Manipur University and Calcutta University ended in a goalless draw.