31st Jr Boys Inter Club Football; ESU prevail 4-0 over RAFA to extend winning run, PAMYAL win 2-1
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 04 2020:
ESU, Wangkhei earned their fourth successive Group A win in the ongoing 31st Junior Boys Inter Club Football Tournament 2019 by thrashing RAFA by 4-0 goals today while PAMYAL, Patsoi sealed their third win by beating KYVO, Kwasiphai 2-1 in another Group A league match of the day at Turf Ground.
In the first Group B league match of the day played earlier in the morning, Th Nitish scored a brace (11', 17') to help IFC post a 2-0 lead in the first half but his effort proved futile as Lunminthang (50') and Lamkholen (58') strikes in the second half helped FCA pull level and settle the game in a 2-2 draw.
Latter in another Group B fixture, Nganminthang brace (41', 54') and a single by Manithoiba (57') helped SFC, Tera earn a 3-1 comeback win against Ideal Club after Ideal FC had opened up the scoring account in the 39th minute through Nehthensi following a barren first half.
In the third match of the day (Group A), N Ronaldo and Y Bonis scored for PAMYAL in the second half to overturn the lead after the team had trailed 0-1 behind KYVO in the first half.
The lone goal of KYVO was scored by S Dhanachandra in the 13th minute of the match before N Ronaldo drew level for PAMYAL in the 42nd minute with a clinical finish and Y Bonis scored another for the same team three minutes latter to seal the game 2-1 .
In the last match of the day, ESU having overwhelmed KYVO 5-0, in their earlier fixture kept their composure intact and rode on Sh Rajdan's 17th minute strike to take a 1-0 lead till the break.
Md Wazid Khan shone with a brace in the second half, scoring his first in the 31st minute before clinching his second in the 34th minute to give ESU an unassailable 3-0 lead past hapless RAFA.
L Naoba then took the honour to round off the scoring in the 43rd minute as RAFA were never seen in contest till the end.