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Kathmandu Thursday January 03, 2002 Paush 19, 2058.
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Nallu, Tinthana enter quarters
Post Report
LALITPUR, Jan 2 - Nallu VDC came back from a
goal down to beat Duwakot 2-1 for a place in the last eight in the Puspalal Memorial Cup
Inter-VDC football tournament on Wednesday.
The first of the tournament’s
pre-quarterfinals played at ANFA Complex, Satdobato, saw Ashok Lama score a golden goal 13
minutes in the extra period after the teams failed to break the 1-1 deadlock in the
regulation time.
Earlier, Duwakot went into 1-0 lead through a
21st minute strike. The Nallu equaliser came in the 68th minute through Sunil Lama.
To join Nallu in the quarterfinals, Shesh
Narayan registered a stunning 3-1 victory over Tikathali. Sanu Babu Balami struck twice in
the 21st and 24th minutes for Shesh Narayan. But like in the preceding match, it was
Tikathali who were at the lead as Raju Bisunke opened the scoring when he buried a fatal
shot in the 17th minute.
Tinthana VDC also marched into the last eight,
with Dinesh Singh Khadka’s solitary goal, beating Chittapole VDC 1-0 in the day’s
other pre-quarterfinal. Khadka scored in the 27th minute.
In the last encounter of the day, Danchhi VDC
scored in the 60th minute to end the challenge of Ichangu by 1-0. All four quarterfinals
will be played on Thursday with Dhapakhel taking on Tinthana, New Naikap vs Nallu, Ramkott
vs Shesh Narayan and Dhakshinkali vs Danchi. |
