Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 24 2009:
As the semi final matches of the ongoing 3rd G Khelchandra Memorial Men's Open Hockey Tournament, 2009 organised by the Imphal East District Hockey Association (IEDHA) at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium, Imphal were played today, MPSC and HU are set to fight in the final for the champion's trophy.
The first semi final match was played between Manipur Police Sports Club (MPSC) and UYAC, Uchekon.
MPSC defeated UYAC 5-2 and entered the final.
It may be recalled that MPSC entered semi final as winner of group A while UYAc entered semi final as runner of group B.Both teams played the match in a competitive way.
However lack of better coordination and skills among the players of UYAC resulted to their defeat.
The first half of the match was dominantly played by the players of MPSC.
The firs goal of MPSC was scored in the 10th minute of the match by P Adeva.
He scored his second goal against UYAc in the 33rd minute of the match.
With two goals ahead of them, UYAC players tried their best to equalise the score.
But they were disappointed by the third goal of Adeva in the 45th minute of the match.
Adeva again scored another goal against UYAC in the 57th minute of the match which extended their lead with four goals against nil of UYAC.
However N Rojesh of UYAC scored back one goal against MPSC in the 59th minute of the match which pour down new hopes to the players of UYAC.
But their joy was shortened by the fifth goal of Adeva which was scored in the 60th minute of the match.
Meanwhile M Dinaple of UYAC scored one goal against MPSC in the 62nd minute of the match.
However hard they tried UYAC players could not equalised the score and they lost the match.
Meanwhile in the second semi final match played today, Hockey Union (HU), Lairikyengbam Leikai beat goalless COSMO, Wangkhei with eight goals and entered the final.
It may be recalled that HU entered semi finals as winner of group B while COSMO entered semi finals as runner of group A .
Players of HU dominated the playersof COSMO throughout the match right from the beginning giving them no chance to strike back.
The first goal of HU was scored by Kh Renal in the 1st minute.
He later scored another three goals against COSMO in the 27th and 47th minutes of the match.
Y Bijentakumar scored two goals in the 42nd and 44th minutes.
L Shitaljoy, Kh Dhaneshwar and M Tomba scored one goal each against COSMO in the 12th, 16th and 59th minutes of the match.
On the other hand no players of COSMO could scored a single goal against HU.
The match concluded with HU winning and entering the final round.