2nd Division League : TRAU FC beat Mohammedan Sporting 2-1; secure 2nd spot in team standing
Source: The Sangai Express / TNN

Imphal, February 28 2019: TRAU FC stunned Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) 2-1 in their 2nd Division League preliminary round Group C game at Khuman Lampak Stadium in Imphal today.

Former MSC striker Princewill Emeka (25th) and Joseph Olaleye (56th) scored for TRAU while Philip Adjah (12th) scored a consolation goal for the visitors.

The host created the first threat in the 7th minute when Princewill delivered a free-kick into the box, but Joseph was unable to hit the target with his header.

That proved to be a costly miss as MSC took the lead five minutes later through Adjah, who collected a pass from Prosenjit Chakraborty before calmly slotting past Mithun Samonto.

TRAU then came close to levelling matters in the 18th minute when Balwinder Singh lost possession inside the box, but Princewill's shot went wide of the target.

Princewill, however, redeemed himself by scoring the equalizer in the 25th minute.

The Nigerian latched onto a loose ball in the box following a neat interchange of passing with Naocha Singh, to slot his shot into the top left hand corner.

From the goal onwards, TRAU dominated the proceedings and could have taken the lead in the 34th minute when they were awarded a penalty after Prosenjit Pal brought down Kivi Zhimoni inside the box.

However, goalkeeper Priyant Singh produced superb save to keep out Princewill's effort from the spot.

Meanwhile, Mohammedan SC also gave a good account of themselves in the later stages of the half but TRAU made sure they kept things tight and compact as the both teams went into the break locked at 1-1.TRAU came out with intent in the second-half and carved out three chances in the opening few minutes.

However, Priyant covered his area well to keep some stunning strikes by Princewill and Kivi at bay.

Nonetheless despite his best efforts Priyant could not hold TRAU off forever and as the clock headed into the 56th minute mark Jospeh scored from Kivi's pass to give his side full points from the match.

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