Futsal: NEROCA, ESU & RFCC register wins
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 28 2023:
NEROCA FC beat KRYPHSA 4-2, Eastern Sporting Union thumped Manipur Sports House 11-4, and Regular Football Coaching Center overcame Mayaang Imphal United FC in a 13-goal thriller in the 3rd Inter Club Futsal Tournament at Artificial Turf Ground, Lamlong Thongkhong, on Saturday.
The first match of the day saw NEROCA FC, despite conceding an own goal, manage to claim a 4-2 win over KRYPHSA.
L Sushil Singh put NEROCA ahead in the 16th minute and the squad made further inroads with a 23-rd minute goal from N Deepak Meitei before KRYPHSA narrowed the deficit in the 27th minute through S Dharmajoy.
After conceding, NEROCA reorganised and soon took a commanding 4-1 lead when H Leisemba Meitei (34) and Md Isra Khan (36) made their efforts count.
An own goal by NEROCA in the 40th minute reduced their lead but they defended well to run out 4-2 winners.
Sanasam Rahul Singh hit six in Eastern Sporting Union's 11-4 hammering of Manipur Sports House.
Rahul grabbed a quickfire hat trick (25, 25, 26) in a two-minute span before he collected another treble (35, 36, 38) in the space of three minutes.
Md Abash did his bit with a double (8, 10) while M Prabin (12), Pm Imitiyas (20) and N Sanathoi (27) contributed a goal apiece for the Eastern club.
Regular Football Coaching Center, meanwhile, fended off Mayang Imphal United FC's stiff challenge to seal a 7-6 success against their opponents.
A Samson Singh (4, 16, 40) and N Dhananjoy (8, 9, 37) starred in their thrilling victory, claiming a hat-trick each as M Newton (29) added one.
For MIUFC, Gunajit P (20, 21, 22, 28) scored four goals and T Rabichandra (5, 33) netted a double that all went in vain.