FC Zalen outclass ZFC; AIM drub NISA
10th Manipur State Football League
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 04 2015:
FC Zalen Sadar Hills outclassed a determined Z FC Churachandpur 4-2 in a well contested match in the 10th Manipur State Football League on Sunday.
In the first half, Seikhaohao Tuboi of FC Zalen was making an easy inroad into the rival area when ZFC's Hangminlein's handled the ball inside the penalty area.
He was awarded red card and FC Zalen got a penalty kick which was easily converted into a goal by Patrick Kamei in the 23rd minute.
As the game picked pace after the goal, Letminthang of ZFC also made advanced to the rival camp and gave a shot.
And Boilal Haokip of FC Zalen made the mistake of scoring the first own goal of the day equalizing the goal margin.
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In the second half, it was Patrick Kamei of ZF Zalen again who converted a free kick into a goal in the 52 minute.
Despite ahead with one goal FC Zalen continued its onslaught.
The effort paid off with Seikhaohao scoring another goal in the 79 minute of the match.
ZFC tried its best to rescue itself but could not succeed.
In the 83rd minute of the match, S Henry converted a penalty kick into goal when it was award to ZFC.
As the goal margin stood 3-2, ZFC regained hope.
However, the side could not make any difference.
Finally it was the third turn of Patrick to score the fourth goal in the 90+ minutes taking Zalen FC's total to 4 .
In the second match, an upbeat AIM thrashed NISA 3-1.The first goal for AIM came from N Pritam when he converted a beautiful flag kick from Th Vandona in the 32nd minute of the match.
The overall domination of the match by AIM can be gauged from the fact that AIM continued the momentum of attack and the pace.
In the 45+th minute of the match Th Vandona scored the second goal for AIM from a pass by L Devan.
The only goal of NISA came from Kh Naoton in the 60th minute when his team was awarded a penalty kick.
The match was won by AIM 3-1 .