DESAM, AIMS, SUK victorious in Players' Day C'ship
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 19 2022:
DESAM, AIMS and SUK were the victors on the opening day of the 4th Manipur Players' Day Invitational Football Championship 2022, an inter-students' organisation event, which got underway at TRAU Ground on Saturday.
DESAM opened their campaign with a 5-0 drubbing of AMSU.
James was the hero for DESAM as he scored a treble.
He netted the opener in the 6th minute, extended the advantage in the 14th minute and completed his hat trick in the 33rd minute before Hitler (36th) and Chiran (38th) scored to wrap up the victory.
The second match saw AIMS romp past KSA 4-1.L Rahul (15th), David (25th), Ronald (40th and Subash (46th) all got on the scoresheet for AIMS while Dayananda (57th) was the only scorer for KSA.
SUK, on the other hand, overcame MSF in a penalty shootout.
The game went into spot kicks after both teams remained 2-2 at fulltime.
In the shootout, SUK prevailed 5-3 over their opponents courtesy of goals by Si.basa, Cable, Shivachandra, Dipak and Yaiphaba.