KLASA, SSU set up MSL title clash
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 28 2022:
KLASA (Keinou) and SSU (Singjamei) will clash in the final of the 14th Manipur State League 2021, following their semifinal triumphs on Friday.Lunminlen Haokip's he-roics steered KLASA FC to a 2-1 win over SU (Sagolband) en route to the final.The first half was a see-saw battle riddled with missed chances from both sides but KLASA emerged as the better team towards the end of the first 45 minutes with slick attacking moves.The Keinou side finally gained the upper hand just before the halftime whistle.They were finally ahead in the 45th minute courtesy of a cool finish by Lunminlen Haokip.After the restart, Lunmin-len produced another indi-vidual quality to put KLASA 2-0 up just five minutes into the second period.SU's comeback efforts proved futile as KLASA were resolute in their defence.The Sagolband squad man-aged a goal, however, in vain in the final seconds of stop-page time with Lungousem Kipgen on target.SSU, meanwhile, rode on L Roshan's first-half goal to scrape past UKB (Churachan-dpur) 1-0 on their way to the final.
Roshan found the back of the net after 19 minutes as the Sagolband team with-stood a stiff challenge from their dodged Churachand-pur opponents to emerge the victors.