MU Inter College Men's FootballMoirang College, Kamakhya Pemton College, Standard College, N Birahari College advance to pre-quarters
26-Oct-2024
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 25 : Moirang College, Kamakhya Pemton College, Standard College and N Birahari College all advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the A Pratap Singh Memorial Manipur University Inter College Men's Football Tournament hosted by Kha Manipur College at its ground.
Moirang College reached the last-16 stage with a 3-1 win over Kumbi College this morning.
Kh Nongpoknganba (30'), Rakesh (44') and Md Jahir khan (51') scored for Moirang College as O Donald scored the consolation goal for Kumbi College in the 60th minute.
They will play Kamakhya Pemton College, who outlasted Pravabati College 4-3 in another match, in the last-16 round.
Kamakhya Pemton and Pravabati College were locked at 1-1 at the end of the regulation time in the second match of the day with late goals before the Hiyangthang side emerged 3-2 winners in the penalty shoot-out.
It was Bunando who earned Kamakhya Pemton a late 57th minute lead but Pariz scored the equaliser for Pravabati College 1 minute into the stoppage time (60+1') to keep their pre-quarterfinal hopes alive.
However, only K Rishikanta and O Shital were able to convert in the shoot-out against Kamakhya Pemton College whose Vyas, Abungsana and Apsajet did not make any mistake to beat Pravabati College custodian.
Later in the third match, Standard College edged out Thambal Marik College 3-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in the regulation time to set up a pre-quarterfinal date with Regional College.
L Ajay's 11th minute strike and an own goal by N Suraj in the 20th minute handed Standard College a 2-0 advantage but Thambal Marik College fought back and rode on goals from Y Elin (28') and L Lanchenba (56') to level the margin.
As the two sides cannot be separated till the regulation time, the game was decided by penalty shoot-out wherein Y Nonglemba, Md Itakhan and Md Mujahid found the target for Standard College and only M Arun and Y Elin scored for Thambal Marik College.
The fourth match between Mayai Lambi College and N Birahari College was also decided by penalty shoot-out after the two sides remained locked at 1-1 till the end of the regulation time.
Mayai Lambi drew level through N Ronaldo's goal in the 30th minute after T Brucelee earned N Birahari College a 1-0 lead after 9 minutes. In the shoot-out, only Amson found the target for Mayai Lambi College while T Rohit, M David, T Brucelee scored for N Birahari College.
N Birahari College will now meet Nambol L Sanoi College in the last-16 round encounter.