NIVSO Cup: NYC (B) against KIYC; SSC vs UPSA in semifinals
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 25 2015 :
Semifinal battle lines have been drawn with the conclusion of league matches on Monday in the 5th NIVSO Cup a District Level Men's Open Invitation Football Tournament being organized by The Northern Iril Valley Sports Organization (NIVSO) at Friend's Union Club (FUC) play ground Uyumpok.
NYC (B) will clash KIYC while UPSA face SSC in the semifinals to decide the title challengers.
On the concluding day of league matches, KIYC and UPSA registered contrasting wins to advance into the semifinals.
KIYC overcame NYC (A) vie tie breaker in 4-2 while UPSA out clash FUC 3-0 .
KIYC and UPSA played a fast counter attacking game but the defenders of both the team did not lose ground against the advancing rival strikers.
The solidity in the back results in 0-0 at the end of regulation time.
In the tie break, Sohail; Raj; Boy and Siroy converted their spot kicks for KIYC while Watson and Manisana were successful for NUY (A).
KIYC goal keeper's efforts were hailed by KIYC supporters while NUY (A) had to walk away with broken hearts.
UPSA scored at regular intervals against FUC to register a comfortable win.
FUC could not match the solidity of rival defenders not skills of strikes.
In other words, FUC was found wanting in every department of the game against UPSA.
Johnson was the chief tormentor of FUC as he scored 3 goals in 27th; 33rd and 43rd min of the match.
The performance of Johnson guides UPSA to semifinals and the effort earned him Man of the Match.