USA beat NISA, MPSC lose
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 13 2014:
An early goal helped United Sports Association (USA), Khurai edge past North Imphal Sporting Association (NISA), Thangmeiband by 1-0 while a brace from S Chakravarty helped North Eastern Re-Organising And Cultural Association (NEROCA), Sangakpham to register a win against Manipur Police Sports Club (MPSC) by a margin of 4 goals to three in the ongoing 9th Manipur State League organised by All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) under the sponsorship of MLA Khumukcham Joykishan Singh at Mapal Kangjeibung, Imphal.
The first match of the day started with the NISA players put to a strong challenge by the USA players who defended impeccably and managed to launch a series of swift attacks.
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The well co-ordinated moves of USA paid dividends when S Sadananda rammed home the winning goal in the 11th minute of the match.
The NISA players fought back hard creating many opportunites but failed to equalise against USA.
With today's win USA moved to the safe zone.
The second match of the day began with an early goal from NEROCA's S Chakravarty in the 3rd minute off a defence splitting pass from Sohail Shah.
Minutes later, NEROCA added another goal through T Konand in the 10th minute to take a comfortable 2-0 lead.
S Chakravarty was at it again when he struck his second goal in the 37th minute and helped his side take a 3-0 lead.
On the other side, the police team did not lose heart and putting more men in the attack fought back hard till M Makulung brought down the margin to 3-1 in the first half.
After the breather and dominating the match NEROCA added another goal through S Sanjit in the 51st minute of the match helping the team take a 4-1 lead.
Though down by a margin of three goals, the police team never gave up and thanks to two goals from Golmei Gaikhamnimpu in the 58rd and 84th minute of the match came back strongly into the match.
Buoyed by the three goals, the police team went all out in the attack but failed to find the equaliser.