Santosh Trophy Qualifiers Manipur thump Tripura 3-0
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 09 2018:
Manipur started final round campaign with a thumping 3-0 victory over Tripura in the North East zonal qualifying round of National Championship for Santosh Trophy 2017-18 which began yesterday at Aizawl under the auspices of All India Football Federation.
In the group B league match played today, Manipur enjoyed an easy 2-0 lead with goals scored by Jerry Onesemas Pulamte and M Aboy Sharma.
The opener came early in the 10th minute from the foot of Jerry Onesemas Pulamte.
Eager for more goals Manipur continued to press Tripura and M Aboy who was unmarked made it into the box and unleash a power packed shot to extend the lead to 2-0 .
After the restart, Tripura showed a bit of resistence blocking almost all incisive runs for some time.
After repeated attempts, Manipur found a gap in the 61st minute.
It was Ng Naocha who deftly evaded a few defenders and slotted home the ball.
The latter part of the match saw, the rival team trying hard to come back but the brighter Manipur side thwarted all threats in time to grabbed a convincing 3-0 win.
Manipur team are led by E Ratan (AFC-B) as coach and S Amutombi as team official.
Manipur face Meghalaya in the next qualifying round match on January 13 .