Kohima | November 23 : Life Sports of Kohima cruised into the semi-finals of the Royal Cup by defeating Dengzong Boys of Gangtok by four goals to nil (4:0). It was a convincing win for Life Sports and they will now play the winners of the third quarter finals between IAM FC, Imphal and TT Aizawl FC of Mizoram.
The first half ended in a stalemate as both teams failed to score. In what turned out to be an uneventful forty five minutes of play, neither teams created any meaningful chances despite getting many opportunities in front of the goal.
Five minutes after play resumed, Denzong Boys thought they finally broke the deadlock when their skipper, Amir Lama (7) headed the ball into the net. But unfortunately for them, the referee disallowed the goal. Sikkim looked like they were settling down and created some good chances. They almost scored the first goal of the match in the 57th minute; but Stanley’s (12) shot from the left went wide of the left had post. Life Sports held on and soon created their own chance in the 58th minute and scored the first goal of the match through Thangtinlen (9). Denzong were awarded a free-kick in the 65th minute, but they gave away the ball easily and allowed Life Sports to make a fast counter attack. Thangtinlen (9) made a good run from the left and easily beat the keeper and slotted the ball into the net registered the second goal for Life sports.
Dengzong tried to come back into the match and very nearly reduced the deficit late in the match when Lakpa Bhutia’s shot was brilliantly saved by Vekuto Puro. But any hopes of a recovery by Dengzong was shattered when Vikuzo (7) scored the third goal in the 88th minute. Life sports sealed the match when Khwetelhi (18) scored a clean goal in stoppage time when he intercepted a good pass from Keyigumgwangbe (11)
Today’s match:
Nagaland Police, Chumukedima
Vs
Mizoram Youth Team, Aizawl
Time: 1:00 pm
The first half ended in a stalemate as both teams failed to score. In what turned out to be an uneventful forty five minutes of play, neither teams created any meaningful chances despite getting many opportunities in front of the goal.
Five minutes after play resumed, Denzong Boys thought they finally broke the deadlock when their skipper, Amir Lama (7) headed the ball into the net. But unfortunately for them, the referee disallowed the goal. Sikkim looked like they were settling down and created some good chances. They almost scored the first goal of the match in the 57th minute; but Stanley’s (12) shot from the left went wide of the left had post. Life Sports held on and soon created their own chance in the 58th minute and scored the first goal of the match through Thangtinlen (9). Denzong were awarded a free-kick in the 65th minute, but they gave away the ball easily and allowed Life Sports to make a fast counter attack. Thangtinlen (9) made a good run from the left and easily beat the keeper and slotted the ball into the net registered the second goal for Life sports.
Dengzong tried to come back into the match and very nearly reduced the deficit late in the match when Lakpa Bhutia’s shot was brilliantly saved by Vekuto Puro. But any hopes of a recovery by Dengzong was shattered when Vikuzo (7) scored the third goal in the 88th minute. Life sports sealed the match when Khwetelhi (18) scored a clean goal in stoppage time when he intercepted a good pass from Keyigumgwangbe (11)
Today’s match:
Nagaland Police, Chumukedima
Vs
Mizoram Youth Team, Aizawl
Time: 1:00 pm
ROYAL CUP
23rd Nov 2011
Result:
Life Sports, Kohima: 4
Dengzong Boys, Gangtok: 0
23rd Nov 2011
Result:
Life Sports, Kohima: 4
Dengzong Boys, Gangtok: 0
