14th AMFA Senior Women's Football League kicks off
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 14 2023:
The 14th AMFA Senior Women's Football League 2023-24 kicked off at Artificial Turf Ground, Lamlong Thongkhong, Imphal today.
In the first match of the league, FC Imphal thrashed Women Football Academy 4-0 .
Loitongbam Amita Devi scored a double, while team-mates Phanjoubam Abema Devi and Amom Nanao Devi scored one each for FC Imphal.
The first half of the match saw Loitongbam Amita Devi scoring the first goal in the 21st minute handing FC Imphal an early lead against Women Football Academy.
Even as FC Imphal were looking for one more goal before the half time for a comfortable lead, Women Football Academy tried their best to find an early equalizer, but couldn't.As soon as the match resumed in the 2nd half, Amom Nanao Devi of FC Imphal scored a goal in the 47th minute extending her team's lead by 2 and corroding Women Football Academy's hope for an easy equalizer.
The hard work put into finding the equalizer, however, buried Women Football Academy instead as FC Imphal's Loitongbam Amita Devi found the net for the second time in the 58th minute.
FC Imphal's score of 3 was further extended and changed to 4 with Phanjoubam Abema Devi's goal in the 79th minute of the match.
Women Football Academy failed to score a single consolation goal until the end of the match.
A Shanta Meetei Memorial 14th AMFA Senior Women's Football League 2023-24 (Qualifying Round for IWL) is sponsored by L Budhichandra Roy.