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Kathmandu Saturday November 10, 2001 Kartik 25, 2058.
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Morang, Udayapur in final
Post Report
LALITPUR, Nov 9 - Morang and Udayapur set up the
Sunday’s final clash of the 2nd Inter-school National girls’ football tournament
following their 3-2 and 2-1 victory over Sunsari and Kailali respectively in the
semifinals on Friday.
Both the teams displayed brilliant fighting
spirit in their respective semifinals producing some enterprising football to outwit their
opposition.
In the first match, Morang, trailing by two
early goals, held their nerve to cruise to 3-2 victory. Morang’s forward Chittra Maya
Ale authored a stunning move to net the golden goal in the added 13th minute.
But much of credit goes to Ganga Gurung, who
rescued Morang from the jaws of defeat scoring twice in the match. She could have sealed
the match for her team without having to play for extra time goals but failed to convert a
spot kick in the 32nd minute as her shot went straight into the hands of Sunsari
goalkeeper Usha Bhujel .
Earlier in the 21st minute, the Sunsari girls
were awarded spot kick when Morang defender Sarmila Thulung deliberately gathered the ball
even as Morang ’keeper Jasta Mangrati failed to collect a Ganga Chaudhary shot
neatly. Salu Lama stepped up for the spotkick and slotted home without any mistake to put
Sunsari 1-0 ahead.
Four minutes later, Sunsari doubled the lead
when Morang goalkeeper Mangrati’s let fly in a 40-yard curling free kick from
Sunsari’s captain Tulsha Singh.
Morang, trying desperately for goals, narrowed
the deficit down to 2-1 when Gurung buried a powerful right-footer in the 28th minute. And
she rose to the occasion again in the 52nd minute as she broke open Sunsari shackle and
guided her strong shot into the net leaving Sunsari goalie Bhujel stand still.
The other semifinal to turned out to be as much
interesting with Udayapur staging a comeback to score a 2-1 after Bandana Rai put Kailali
1-0 up in the 26th minute of the match.
The change of ends brought an unprecedented
fortune for Udayapur as Santi Rai equalise the score at 1-1 in the 60th minute. The
decisive goal came from Champa Rai in the 70th minute, which ushered Udayapur to the
final.
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