SU, WFA cruise in 1st Premier League
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 16 2024:
Sagolband United (SU) and Wangoi Football Association (WFA) recorded comfortable wins in Tuesday's fixtures of the 1st Premier League 2023-24 at Artificial Turf Ground, Lamlong Thongkhong.
SU shrugged off a first-half deficit to brush aside Anouba Imagi Mangal (AIM) 4-1 .
The Sagolband side saw their first-half effort being outshone by AIM as the latter had stolen a march on SU after Thounaojam Dijen Meitei found the back of the net in the 16th minute and they went on to keep their lead intact through the halftime whistle.
After the break, SU turned things around as they made it all square in the 57th minute courtesy of Kabrabam Arunkumar Singh before they put themselves in front with an 87th-minute strike by Hijam Lenin Singh.
Then, the Sagolband squad collected two more goals during stoppage time through Singam Subash Singh (90+3) and Shunjanthan Ragui (90+5) to seal SU a commanding 4-1 victory.
Earlier in the day, WFA struck twice in the second half to claim a convincing 2-0 win over DMRAO.
After a barren first period, WFA finally broke the opposition's resistance in the 66th minute with Ronald Singh Shaikhom on target, and they went further ahead in the space of three minutes after Pukhrambam Montecarlo scored in the 69th minute, leading to their 2-0 result.