6th Dr T Ao football Manipur to meet Assam in final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 28 2015 :
Manipur will clash with Assam in the final of the 6th Dr T Ao football tournament on May 1 at Guwahati.
In today's first semi final which was played at Guwahati, a brace from Seikhohao Tuboi helped Manipur to register a convincing 5-1 win against Nagaland.
The match began with Manipur's L Fernando slamming home the opening goal in the 10th minute.
The first half ended with one goal each after Nagaland scored the equaliser.
Three minutes after the breather, Seikhohao Tuboi helped Manipur take a 2-1 lead.
The State team witnessed two more goals from Th Roshan and N Pritam in the 55th minute and 85th minute respectively.
With just a few minutes left, Nagaland players went on the offensive but failed to break the Manipuri defenders who stood firm through out the match.
Seikhohao Tuboi scored his second goal in the 89th minute to help his team secure the final berth.
In the second semi final Assam blanked Mizoram 2-0 .
After both teams failed to break the deadlock in the first half, but Assam came back strongly in the second half to edge out Mizoram by two goals.
The tournament is organised under the aegis of All India Football Federation at Silchar and Guwahati.