T Ao Football: Manipur crush Nagaland to advance into final
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 28 2015 :
Manipur crushed Nagaland the semifinal of 6th Dr T Ao Football at Guwahati on Tuesday.
Manipur, one of the powerhouse and strong contender for the title made their presence felt from the early minute of the play.
Manipur players controlled the mid field and made numerous forays into rival territory.
L Fernando converted one of the attacks into goal in 10th min when he exploited the space left behind by the Nagaland defenders to hand an early lead to Manipur.
Nagaland players were in all parts of the field in search of the ball however, higher skills of Manipur players did not released the pressure till the breather.
At half time Manipur leads Nagaland by 1-0 .
After exchange of ends, Manipur did not lower its guard and in quick time added another goal by Seikhohao Tuboi in 48th min to compound the frustration of Nagaland players.
Manipur toyed with Nagaland after taking two goals lead and added goals at regular intervals.
Th Roshan increased the margin in 55th min while N Pritam strike found the net in 85th min.
Seikhohao Tuboi completed crushing of Nagaland in 89th min and march into the final with 5-0 score line.
In the title match, Manipur will face the winner of Assam and Mizoram.