Brighter Club edge past SYDC 4-2
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 26 2018:
Brighter Club, Awang Potsangbam edged past SYDC, Khonghampat while YDC, Awang Potsangbam Khunou played out a goalless draw with Sekmai FC in today's league matches of the 13th State Level Men's Village Open Football Tournament 2018 being organised by Brighter Club Awang Potsangbam Khullen at its ground.
The hosts started the game on a bright note as M Sunil opened up the account with a fine shot in the 5th minute of the match.
Stung by the sudden lead, SYDC tightened its guard for a while until M Pitar put ahead Brighter Club with a 2-0 lead in the 31 st minute.
Despite of many attempts to reduce the margin by SYDC, the first half ended with the same scoreline.
After the restart, it was N Premkumar of SYDC who found the net in the 49th minute after a fine run into the box and made it 1-2 .
The Awang Potsangbam side did not slacken and it was just three minutes after the rivals' goal that M Sunil completed his brace with a stinging shot and extended the lead to 3-1 .
L Abung called for another celebration as he struck the fourth goal for his team in the 54th minute and put Brighter Club beyond the reach of the Khonghampat side.
The latter part of the game saw lacklustre SDYC pushed hard for a return and their efforts paid off in the form of a goal in the 58th minute when W Maniyai dodged past few defenders and cracked a powerful shot past the custodian of the winning side.
They however found it hard to stage a comeback and eventually the game ended 4-2 in favour of Brighter Club.