Veteran Football : VFC-B finish Group A winners

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 12 : VFC-B, Singjamei and FLAK played out a goalless draw to finish Group A winners and runners up in the ongoing 1st State Level SDPO Chingtham Anandkumar Memorial 9-A-Side Veteran Football Tournament.
With the result, VFC-B and FLAK shared the same 5 points but VFC-B enjoyed better goal count to finish as league leaders.
The day also saw KFC, Keishamthong securing a 4-3 win over CHAMP FC to finish third in the group table on 4 points as CHAMP FC finished fourth with a point off a draw.
CHAMP FC opened the account early through Deepak in the 9th minute but Umakanta hit a hattrick (13', 25', 41') to turn things around in favour of KFC.
Bhadra pulled back a goal for CHAMP FC after 51 minutes but Umakanta was at it again to complete his haul of four goals in the 58th minute and hand KFC a 4-2 lead before Surendra scored one more goal of CHAMP FC in the 59th minute to make it 3-4.