Classic FA, DMRAO sail into Shaheed Manoranjan football quarterfinals
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 10 2024:
Classic FA and DMRAO both earned a smooth passage into the quarterfinals of the 14th Shaheed Manoranjan Singh Memorial CRPF Football Tournament on Saturday at at SAI Sports Complex, Takyel.
Classic FA started the day's fixtures with a 3-0 rout of TYDA for their place in the last eight.
They went on the offensive from the word go, causing under-pressure TYDA to concede an own in the 14th minute as Panmei Poujialung's weak clearance found its way into their own net.
Classic FA then built on that goal to gain further inroads.
K Lanamba Singh extended Classic's lead in the 24th-minute, and Y Rohit Singh made it 3-0 in the 60th minute to seal the victory.
Later in the day, DMRAO fought back from a goal down to overpower LYLL 5-1 on their way to the quarterfinals.
E Ramjani put LYLL ahead in the 26th minute, but DMRAO responded in nine minutes, with A Kinesh scoring to bring his team level as both sides went into the second half tied 1-1.DMRAO gained the upper hand after P Linthoinganba converted in the 66th minute.
Then it was all up to Y Sonam who scored twice to close out the game.
He put DMRAO further ahead in the 78th minute and rounded off the scoring in the 85th minute.
The February 12 lineup will see NEROCA FC (Imphal) up against AIM (Khabam) at 10 am and YSWA (Utlou) clash with Poloi FC (Chingurel) at 1 pm for quarterfinal spots.