Sirti football: Liwachangning clinch pre-veteran title, Liwai Sarei crowned women's champions
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 21 2022:
Liwachangning won the pre veteran title while Liwa Sarei took the women's crown of the 14th Sirti Football Tournament 2022, following their triumphedin their respective final ma tches on Monday at Liwa Sarei Football Ground, Chandel.
Konthang Ngoruh's double helped Liwachangning over come a stiff challene from Japhou to register a 2-1 win in the final of the pre-veteran football competition.
Konthang opened the scoring after nine minutes but Japhou restored parity in the 19th minute through K Lordson.
After a 1-1 stalemate in the first half, Konthang scored again in the 53rd minute to break the deadlock and eventually gave Liwachangning the win for the champions' trophy.
In the women's final, Liwa Sarei, backed by an own goal, beat Changhne 2-0 to get their hands on the trophy.
After Changhne's W Mer-ilyn erroneously put the ball into her own net in the 14th minute, Liwa Sarei added a goal in the second half through W Gracemi, who made it 2-0 in the 59th minute.
In the ensuing exchanges, the Liwa Sarei women kept their opponents at bay and eventually came out 2-0 winners.