Nagaland saga ends at U-17 National Women Championship

Our Correspondent
Kohima | June 27

Nagaland U-17 girls team only managed a draw in the last league match against Punjab 1-1 at the ongoing Hero Junior U-17 Women Football Championship 2022 at Guwahati to end the campaign in the tournament.

Nagaland team came from behind to snatch a draw against Punjab 1-1 at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Practice Ground, Guwahati on Sunday.

In a must win match for both team, Punjab got into scoresheet through Palak scored in 39th minute, and the second half saw Nagaland getting back the equalizer in the 49th minute through Nirmala Rai. However, both teams failing to find the winning goal ended in a draw at the end of the match on stalemate sharing a point each and ending their saga in the tournament.

While Kerela thrashed Ladakh by 8-1 to top the table of Group E and progress to the quarterfinals round of the tournament.

Coach Ropfu Meyase talking about his experience as a coach for the tournament said it was a great exposure for the players but suggested that the need to encourage more girls to play more football in future so that better results can be expected.

In the tournament, Nagaland won a match against Ladakh by 2-1, lost against Kerala by 0-7 and draw in the last match against Punjab 1-1.