YSWA, DMRAO complete semi-finals line up
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 17 2024:
YSWA, Utlou and DMRAO, Sekmai sealed the remaining semi-final berths of the 14th Shaheed Manoranjan Singh Memorial State Level Open Football Tournament after defeating their respective opponents at SAI Sports Complex on Saturday.
The third quarterfinal match between YSWA and SU, Sagolband ended goalless in the scheduled time leading to penalty shootout during which YSWA players held on to their nerves to advance to the last four stage with a 4-3 scoreline as N Ajitkumar, H Bidyananda, Kh Amarjit and T Charles converted their attempts into goals while Y Hemson missed from spot.
For SU, Y Gopi, W Dravid and Sh Netrajit hit the mark as S Bjeshwar and K Arunkumar faltered.
In the last quarterfinal match, DMRAO outplayed ESU, Wangkhei 3-1 with T Bobbish opening the ESU score in the 11th minute.
Though DMRAO restored parity through Y Sonam Chothe (25 th), A Kinesh struck in the 29th and 68th minute to seal the DMRAO victory.
The semi-finals will be held on February 20 at SAI Sports complex, Imphal with SSU, Singjamei taking on AIM, Khabam at 10 am, and DMRAO, Sekmai locking horns with YSWA, Utlou at 1 pm .