14th Shaheed Manoranjan Memorial Football : T Bobbish's double fires ESU into quarters
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 14 2024:
ESU-Wangkhei reached the quarter finals of the 14th Shaheed Manoranjan Singh Memorial Football tournament with a 3-1 win over KYVO in the last pre-quarter final match today at SAI Football Turf, Takyel.
ESU sealed the comfortable win courtesy a double from T Bobbish.
T Bobbish handed ESU the lead 17 minutes into the game but KYVO fought back and pulled level with O Birjit finding the equaliser in the 43rd minute.
After playing out a 1-1 draw in the first half, ESU regained the lead as T Bobbish scored his second in the 61 st minute before Ayash Khan further cemented ESU's lead three minutes later with a fine finish.
ESU then held on to their lead till the final whistle to set up a quarter final date with DMRAO, who had outlasted YPHU and LYLL en route to their last-8 round.
Quarter-final Fixtures
February 16 : AIM vs TRAU from 10 am; CFA vs SSU from 1 pm .
February 17 : YSWA vs SU from 10 am; DMRAO vs ESU from 1 pm .