Sangai Trophy: MVFA edge TRVSA, UVSA outplay NKVFA
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 25 2024:
MVFC edged past TRVSA in a 13-goal thriller as UVSA beat NKVFC 2-0 in the 5th Sangai Trophy Veterans' Football Championship at CYLC Ground on Thursday.
Behari Silshi scored four goals to help MVFC fight back from two goals down to overcome TRVSA 7-6 as L Gobind's five goals went in vain.
H Suresh put TRVSA in front in the 7th minute, and fellow L Gobind extended their lead in the 9th minute, before MVFA pulled off a stunning turnaround, raining six goals on their opponents inside 21 minutes.
Khartu Monsang reduced the deficit for MVFA in the 21st minute as Shongsir Monsang made it all square in the 28th minute before Behari Silshi ran riot, scoring four goals (30+2, 33, 35, 42) to put MVFA in control.
Before Andy rounded off MVFA's scoring with a 54th-minute goal (their seventh), Gobind (47, 52) scored twice to complete a hat-trick, and he went on to collect two more goals (56, 57) in the space of one minute, but his remarkable five-goal haul was not enough.
Later in the day, N Gandhi netted a double in UVSA's 2-0 victory against NKVFC.
Gandhi found the opener in the 5th minute and scored his second goal in the 60th minute.