AFC romp, YOSC beat NACO as MPSC, LYCC split points
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 14 2024:
AFC and YOSC registered contrasting victories while MPSC and LYCC shared the spoils in the 16th Manipur State League on Sunday.
Both Laishram Roshan Singh and Sahidur Rahaman netted a brace to help AFC dish out a 5-0 thrashing to USA in their Group B match at DSA Ground, Kakching.
Roshan opened the scoring in the 34th minute and then went on to double their lead in the first minute of first-half added time, heading into the second period.
Ningombam Kabiraj Singh tripled their advantage in the 48th minute before Rahaman took over, making it 4-0 in the 65th minute and adding a stoppage goal to ensure AFC collected all three points with relative ease.
YOSC, meanwhile, scored in both halves to beat NACO 2-1 in another Group B encounter at DSA Ground, Kakching.
Fahim Riyas put YOSC ahead early when he made his effort count four minutes into the game.
Despite a good start, YOSC had to work hard for their second goal, which came in the79th minute courtesy of Keithelakpam Ibotomba.
NACO halved the deficit in the 85th minute, thanks to a botched clearance by Md Rohit that ended up in their own net.
YOSC then withstood NACO's spirted effort in the remaining minutes to run out 2-1 winners.
MPSC and LYCC settled for a point each after they played out a 0-0 deadlock in a Group A match played at Artificial Turf Ground.