Sunrise Club drub BBU 5-1 to ensure semi-final berth

    18-Jan-2020
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Jan 18 : Sunrise Club, Kadamtala have ensured their place in the semi-finals of the ongoing 1st M Jodishchandra Memorial Invitation Football Tournament at Jiribam Higher Secondary School playground today after thumping BBU, Barak Circle 5-1 in their last Group Y quarter final league match.
Having played out a 3-3 draw with UBFC in the previous Group Y quarter final berth, Sunrise Club improved themselves and rode on S Naoba treble to clinch a huge 5-1 win against BBU today.
S Naoba opened up the account in the 26th minute after BBU resistance in the earlier proceedings but Japak scored the equaliser for the latter team and made it 1-1. S Naoba made another effort count in the 33rd minute to help his team regain the lead before Y Joychandra added another in the 37th minute to make it 3-2 till the break.
P Manisana continued the onslaught with another goal in the 74th minute to extend Sunrise Club's lead as BBU failed to come out of their half before S Naoba slammed home the final goal in the 86th minute.
Jiri Police Team will meet Singerbond FA in the last Group X quarter final league match tomorrow. BBU will play UBFC in the last Group Y League match.