CC Meet: FC Raengdai, FC Imphal prevail on penalties
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 02 2023:
FC Raengdai, Noney and FC Imphal United overcame their respective opponents on penalties to advance in the preliminary knockout stage-1 of the Babina Group 64th CC Meet at Artificial Turf Ground, Lamlong Thongkhong on Monday.
FC Raengdai outscored YDC Khoirom 4-2 in their penalty shootout after the two teams remained goalless at the end of the regulation time.
In the shootout, FC Raengdai delivered on four of their five attempts courtesy of Mangte Raja, Stephen Gangmei, Gongshinrei Gonmei and Thaimei Edwin to progress to the last eight of the preliminary knockout stage-1 .
The second match between FC Imphal United and Asufii FA, Mao was also decided by penalties after the squads played out a 0-0 deadlock after the regulation time.
FC Imphal United triumphed 3-1 against their opponents in their penalty shootout where Konsam Akash, Chingtham Ronald and Laishram Rajboy converted their shots to propel their team to the next round of the preliminary knockout stage-1 .