Sunrise Club beat Jiribam Police 6-5 to enter final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 21 2020:
Sunrise Club, Kadamtala after playing out a 2-2 draw with Jiribam Police team during normal time of the first semi-final of 1st Moirangthem Jodishchandra Memorial Invitation Football Tournament were lucky enough as they came out 6-5 victorious after penalty shootout and successfully booked the final berth at Jiribam Hr Secondary School playground today.
Joychandra scored two goals (41', 45+1) to hand Sunrise Club a 2-0 lead till the break but Jiribam Police Team did not slacken and pushed hard to pull level which they did in the 77th minute through Bipin's strike after Mangkholen had halved the gap in the 56th minute.
And as the two sides failed to find the winner during the normal time, the game was stretched to penalty shoot-out wherein the Kadamtala team found the target four times against Jiribam Police team's three.
Singerbond FA will lock horns with UBFC, Hmarkholien tomorrow in the last semi-final match.