Nagaland Police, Forerunners enter quarters
Our Correspondent
Kohima | October 13
Nagaland Police (Blue) and Forerunners 4th NAP today moved to quarterfinals after registering wins in their respective pre-quarter matches at the ongoing 17th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy here at the Kohima Local Ground.
Nagaland Police (Blue) trounced the Naga Hospital Colony YO 3-0 to book its berth in the last eight.
Nagaland Police dominated the game as forward Lamphong netted all three to become the 11th hat-trick scorer of the tournament. Lamphong found an early goal in the 9th minute before adding another in the 26th minute. He converted a spot kick in the second half to complete his hat-trick.
Nagaland Police (Blue) will play against the winner of the match between Senapati FC and Tyrants FC Khuzama in the quarters.
Forerunners 4th NAP also drubbed Billy Graham FC 3-0 to move to the quarters. Both the teams showed some superb attacking prowess. However it all went in favour of the Forerunners FC after forward Kezhose Matthew found the back of the net in the 19th minute.
Matthew then doubled the lead in the 56th minute before Vimelie Chasie completed the rout five minutes later.
Forerunners will next play with the winner of the match between P. Vizheto FC and Chedema FC in the Quarters on October 18.
Meanwhile, an exhibition match will be played between the officials of the Angami Students’ Union and Naga Students’ Federation on October 16 at 3:00 pm.
