Wanderers, Football Lovers to face off in Thoruwl Trophy final
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 09 2024:
The Wanderers and Football Lovers will square off in the final of the 1st Thoruwl Trophy Futsal Tournament 2024, following their semifinal wins on Thursday.
The first semifinal saw The Wanderers grind out a 5-4 win over Bortha FC in a tight contest at Thoruwl Turf, Liwa Sarei, Chandel district.
Wanderers roared into action and pumped in three goals in a span of eight minutes, with Armstrong opening the scoring in the 2nd minute, Marconi extending the lead in the 4th minute and Rl Shetngam finding their third goal in the 10th minute, before Marconi netted his second goal in the 26th minute to stretch their advantage further.
Bortha FC fought back strongly and came close to put themselves on level terms when Th Milan ran riot, hitting a hat-trick (28, 31, 32) .
Wanderers collected their fifth goal after Shetngam scored his second goal in the 32nd minute while Ts Joyngam netted Bortha's fourth goal in the 34th minute.
Wanderers then clung on to secure the important win.
Football Lovers, on the other hand, booked their place in the final with relative ease, beating Iconic Five 13-6.Strongman (4, 21, 25, 26) led the rout with a four-goal salvo, followed by Alex (8, 19), Lonpa (22, 38) and Lian (32, 33), Thalpingam (15) and Lael (35).For Iconic Five, Bedeenpar netted a treble in vain as Mongpha got a double and Ngamshak scored one.
Football Lovers and The Wanderers will fight it out in the final on Friday, May 10 .