IUFC, KSYC triumph in IW 3rd Divn League
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 25 2022:
IUFC, Sekmai blanked MTSU, Malom as KSYC, Hiyangthang edged past MISWC-Mayang Imphal 3-2 in today's Group B matches of the ongoing 5th Sh Mani Shanna Memorial Second Divn League at SKYC ground, Sekmai.
In the first match of the day, S Robinson netted twice to earn IUFC a 3-0 win over MTSU today.
Robinson opened the scoring two minutes into the added time of the first half (35+2') before Shitaljit extended the lead to 2-0 with a fine goal in the 41st minute.
S Robinson scored his second and the team's decisive goal in the 66th minute.
Later in a keenly contested clash, E Ashokumar scored a stoppage time goal to hand KSYC a 3-2 win over MISWC.
MISWC were leading 1-0 thanks to Ch Chourjit goal in the 10th minute before K Johnson made it 2-0.KSYC however made an unexpected return to the game with Ah Sandikumar scoring two goals back to back in the 67th and the 69th minute and close out the goal deficit.
Boosted by the goal KSYC toiled hard to score the winner in the last few minutes and it was E Ashokumar who scored 1 minutes into the stoppage time (90+1') to complete the turnaround.
Earlier on November 24, IUFC-Sekmai prevailed 6-0 over KSYC-Hiyangthang for the third straight victory thanks to goals from K Akash (8') S Robinson (24', 50') and Sekhar (28'), N Shital (54') and N Ashokumar (75') .
Later, USC-Phayeng pulled off a 5-2 win over PTCC-Patsoi for the first win in as many as four matches.