7th Shaheed Manoranjan Memorial football IWSC down AKSA via penalty
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 24 2017:
IWSC, Khumbong beat AKSA, Kwakta 5-4 on penalties today in the ongoing 7th Shaheed Manoranjan Singh Memorial CRPF football tournament at Khuman Lampak Main stadium.
Both sides made a cagey start right from the first whistle.
Fine passing, furious attacks and eventually squandered chances marked the evenly contested match.
It was Mahesh of IWSC who took the lead as he banged in a brilliant goal in the 18th minute.
However, the lead was short-lived as Boboi of AKSA cancelled out the lead in the 25th minute as he was bang on his target.
The two teams made frenzied efforts to take the lead.
However, none could succeed in making any breakthrough in the regulation.
As such, penalty was resorted to in order to decide the winners.
While four of IWSC players were on target in the penalty kick, only four of AKSA players could find their target.