NE Sports: Manipur capture men's football gold, women's team in final
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 02 2022:
Seilenlal's first-half goal helped Manipur scrape past Tripura 1-0 to win the men's football gold medal in the North East Regional Sports Week at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium on Monday.
The home side were rewarded for their first-half goal that came after they toiled for the major part of the period and clung on through a tight second-half contest.
Seilenlal struck in the winner in the 29th minute.
He took a well-timed pass and created a space before the striker made no mistake in sending the ball into the back of the net.
On their way to then final, Manipur rode on Kh Lucky's double to beat Mizoram 2-1 in their semifinal encounter on Sunday (May 1).Tripura, on the other hand, held their nerves to overcome Assam 4-3 in a thrilling penalty shootout after the two sides remained goalless at fulltime.
In women's football, Manipur and Sikkim will clash for the title after both teams triumphed in their respective semifinal matches on Sunday.
The state women earned a smooth passage to the final with a 4-0 drubbing of Nagaland.
S Rinaroy netted a brace (7th, 55th) as Ksh Naocha (15th) and M Mandakini (80+2) contributed one each for Manipur.
Sikkim, meanwhile, scored twice in the second half to outplay Assafn 2-0 in the other semifinal match.
After a goalless first period, Lako Dhuti put Sikkim in front in the 55th minute before Nimita Gurung's 75th strike wrapped up the victory.
The women's final will take place on Tuesday (May 3) .