17th U-17 Sub Jr Inter-District Boys' Football meet : IEDFA, IWDFA enter semifinal
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 09 2014:
Topping their respective groups the boys from Imphal East District Football Association and Imphal West Football Association have entered the semi-final of the 17th U-17 Inter-District Boys' Sub-Junior Boys Football Tournament.
In a Group A match played today, the boys from IEDFA continued their good show to trounce DFA Thoubal by a margin of 3 goals to nil.
The scoreline however did not really reflect the competitiveness of the match as the Thoubal boys did find themselves in a position to score but were denied by the defence line of the IEDFA team.
IEDFA opened their account as early as the 8th minute when Th Borish broke through the defence line of DFA, Thoubal and found the target to put his team ahead.
Stung by the early reversal, the boys from Thoubal went on the offensive but left gaps in the defence line.
The second goal came against the run of play, when the boys from Imphal launched a swift counter attack and A Hemba managed to shrug off his markers and send the ball into the far side of the net to raise the tally of his team to two goals.
After the lemon break, there was something of a lull, but the IEDFA boys again launched a swift attack from the flank and Akhtar Khan found himself well placed to slot the ball home.
In a Group B match played later in the day, the boys of Imphal West District Football Association did not have much of a problem in despatching DSA, Bishnupur by a margin of three goals to nil.
Kh Johen put his team ahead in the 26 minute.
This was followed by W Dingku who was on target in the 46th minute followed by Kishan in the 76th minute.