Imphal East beat Imphal West to win Inter District Football tourney
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 28 2011:
Imphal East District Football Association (IEDFA) today beat Imphal West District Football Association (IWDFA) 2-1 in the final match of the 23rd Senior Boys' Inter District Football Tournament 2011 at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal and clinched the champion's title.
The All Manipur Football Association organised the tournament.
The match proved to be an evenly contested match, with both the teams putting their best feet forward for the champion's trophy.
Md Tajuddin drew first blood in the 19th minute of the match.
It was soon equalised by IWDFA's M Dhananjay in the 21st minute of the match.
The first half concluded with the scoreline of 1-1 .
Th winning goal of IEDFA was scored in the 55th minute of the match by Md Imran Khan.
Despite of repeated efforts to equalise, IWDFA failed to score and had to be content with the runners up trophy.
President of All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) A Santoshkumar graced the closing function as Chief Guest and presented the trophies to the winner and runners
up teams.