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Kathmandu,Sunday May 14, 2000 Jestha 01, 2057.
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NRT’s ten goals bury
Bansbari, Three Star pull stunning 2-1 win
By a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU, May 13 - NRT recorded the highest
victory in the Martyrs Memorial ‘A’ division league, pouring in ten unanswered
goals against Bansbari Club here Saturday.
Kalyan Khadgi and Hari Thakuri shone in the NRT
victory as both of them freely exploited the pourous Bansbari defence to complete the
hat-trick in the match. In fact, both of them found the net four times in the match.
Bansbari somehow managed to hold the NRT attacks
till for the good half of the opening session. But they experienced the worst nightmare
that any promoted team would dread as they simply did not have wherewithal to match the
thrustful moves that kept coming on waves.
Hari Thakuri had a realistic chance in the 24th
minute to finish off the nice move after passing a Bansbari defender but Bansbari keeper,
Surendra Gurung, turned him down with a nice save.
But less than two minutes later, Thakuri easily
rounded him to find the net to open NRT account on Chandra Gurung’s corner. Even a
scramble inside the penalty area could not prevent him from nodding the ball home after
Prabin Pradhan missed on first occasion.
Bansbari disorganised midfield did not help their
cause either and soon followed NRT goalrush, with three more goals coming in between 28th
and 35th minutes.
Khadgi made it 2-0 after Thakuri, after making a
brilliant run through left put him clear inside the penalty area for a simple push.
His second goal came off a superb solo effort,
which started almost from middle of the pitch and he finished it cleanly rounding off the
advancing keeper with a low shot for a 3-0 lead.
Khadgi, striking good combination with Thakuri had
a close look at the goal but missed the target by a whisker in the 31st minute. But just
as it seemed that was enough for the session, NRT extended their lead to 4-0.
Bansbari defender did managed to screen Thakuri but
Khadgi made no mistake to insert his right footer past the helpless keeper for his
hat-trick.
The scoreline would have suggest enough for others,
but NRT had other ideas as there was rain of goals in the second session.
Bansbari, apart from a half chance created by
Prajun Dahal on a corner and other one from Ajay KC on a freekick were totally limited to
their own territory.
The Bansbari keeper was quick to react and tipped
over a back volley from Khadgi less than a minute into the second session. But he was
found wanting in the very next minute as NRT added one more through Prabin Pradhan to make
it 5-0.
Within a blink of an eye, Hari Thakuri put them 6-0
up and went on to complete his hat-trick 18 minutes into the session with a clinical
finishing after running half the pitch for a 7-0 lead.
Earlier, Khagdi netted his fourth in the match,
scoring in the 59th minute while Thakuri equalled with his fellow striker in 82 minutes to
extend the lead to 9-0.
In the dying seconds of the match, Robin Dangol,
who came in for Amir Dangol was also among the goals as he also finished off his long
individual run for NRT’s overwhelming 10-0 win.
The other match of the day between Three Star and
Boys Sports Club remained lacklustre all until the last ten minutes that saw the former
overcome a goal deficit to walk away with a 2-1 win.
While Boys Sports Club, except for countless saves
from their keeper, Suraj Manandhar, were unimpressive throughout, Three Star badly missed
the services of their skipper, Deepak Amatya, serving a match suspension for collecting
two yellow cards.
Despite dominating the play, Three Star lacked in a
much needed bite. Shyam Manandhar and Chet Narayan were disappointed, both missing several
glorious chances in the opening session.
The second session did not bring up much excitement
with either team failing to raise their performance and the match looked destined to
scoreless end.
But Boys Sports, making most out of a counterattack
in the 79th minute took a stunning lead over Three Star to change the face of the match.
It was a joy short-lived for Boys Sports, though.
Three Star leveled the game at 1-1 when Ananta Thapa put in his right-footer straight into
the net after collecting a pass from Shyam Manandhar.
And he had a helpful hand right next minute that
led Three Star to a stunning 2-1 win. Deepak Limbu, who went close to scoring several
times early in the match, made it count at last in the 85th minute with a tight right
footer after Ananta Thapa chested down the ball to put him clear.
Sunday’s matches:
MC vs Sankata (2:00pm)
JYC vs Boys Union (4:00pm)
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