SSU vs DMRAO in Shaheed Manoranjan Memorial Football Tourney final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 20 2024:
SSU, Singjamei will lock horns with DMRAO, Sekmai in the ultimate clash of the 14th Shaheed Manoranjan Singh Memorial Football Tournament, 2023-24 .
SSU sealed their final ticket today with a 3-1 beating of AIM, Khabam today in the first semi-final match before DMRAO registered an identical win over YSWA, Utlou in the second semi-final clash.
SSU had a bright start against AIM today and went 2-0 up before the break with L Kishan and Y Joychandra adding a goal apiece in the 12th and the 18th minute respectively.
After the restart, AIM pulled back a goal through Sh Boy in the 46th minute but they failed to close the gap and saw SSU finishing off the game with two goal lead with L Roshan adding at the stroke of 90th minute to go down 1-3 .
In the second semi-final match, Y Sonam Chothe (33') and L Vicky (45+2') gave DMRAO a 2-0 first half lead before Md Isra Khan extended the lead to 3-0 in the 73rd minute.
The Utlou team, who were reeling under immense pressure in the first half managed to reduce the margin by a goal in the 75th minute through Ch Chinglen and it proved to be the team's only goal in the match.
The final match is scheduled on February 23 .