CC Meet finals : NACO, ESU wins
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 19 2013:
NACO, Nambul Mapal and ESU, Wangkhei overcame their respective opponents in high-scoring matches to advance into the second round of the 57th CC Meet football tournament at Mapal kangjeibung today.
Both ESU and NACO rallied to outlast Churachandpur outfits LSC, 5-1 and MSYC 8-3 respectively.
After conceding an 11th minute goal to LSC scored by Darmawi, ESU strikers over-ran the rival defence to score at regular intervals with K Victor being the star in the Wangkhei win scoring a hattrick (22nd, 32nd/P, 57th).Warngahan (54th) and Thang-boi Chiru (90+2) scored the other team goals.
NACO also suffered an early setback when Lhunmin-len scored the MSYC opener in the 11th minute but K Newton led the strong fight-back with five goals.
Apart from Newton (17th, 25th, 45+1, 61st/P, 90+1), N Jasobanta (34th), Milankumar Laitonjam (34th) and M Rabindra (36th) also figured among the NACO goals.
Jessy (57th) and Ginmang (62nd) reduced the score deficit for MSYC.