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| Kathmandu, Monday March 03, 2003 Falgun 19, 2059. |
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NRT, MPC enter semis in emphatic fashion
Post Report
POKHARA, Mar 2 : New
Road Team (NRT) stormed into the semi-final of the Khukuri Cup second leg here on Sunday
with a convincing 5-0 win over United Football Club (UFC) Palpa.
In what turned out to
be a one-sided affair from the outset, NRT took the lead when striker Kalyan Khadgi scored
as early as in the second minute. They put relentless pressure on Palpa to go into
half-time with a healthy 3-0 lead.
In the 10th minute
Binal Karki netted the team’s second and Kalyan Khadgi got his second and the
team’s third in the 27th minute.
The second was very
much the same story with Palpa continually forced onto the backfoot. And NRT were soon
back to their goalscoring habit as Ramesh Sikeman struck a minute into the second half to
extend the lead to 4-0. Amir Dangol nailed the final nail on the Palpa coffin scoring in
the 76th minute to complete morale boosting 5-0 win.
In the day’s other
match, Siraha Youth Club squeezed past Romario Boys of Kavre on penalties. Siraha beat
Kavre 3-2 in the tiebreaker after the teams were deadlocked at 2-2.
It was Kavre who went
in front in the 21st minute through Binod Tamrakar. Two minutes later, he doubled his and
team’s score when he found the net.
However, Siraha fought
their way back into the game scoring in the 25th and 30th minutes to restore the parity.
Shyam Singh narrowed the deficit to 2-1 and Bipin Karmacharya scored the equaliser.
In Biratnagar
Mahendra Police Club
(MPC) thrashed Boys Union Club 6-0 to book their place in the last four and qualified for
the final leg due to be held in the capital.
MPC were in complete
command right from the word go in the match played at the local Martyrs Stadium. Striker
Hari Khadka was on target in the 11th minute to put the police outfit 2-0 up.
Apart from sporadic
counterattacks, Boys Union were overwhelmed by MPC’s relentless attacks and soon
finding themselves in deep trouble. They moved 4-0 up by the time the referee blew his
whistle for the half time break. Kishore Subba scored in the 20th minute, Raju Pulami
netted in the 35th minute.
MPC hardly showed any
mercy on poor Boys Union defence in the second half and added two more goals in the
session.
In the 75th minute,
Ramesh Budhathoki converted a well-measured passed from Dev Narayan Chaudhary into goal
for a commanding 5-0 win. And even defender Rakesh Shrestha was among the goals when he
headed home in the flagkick towards the close of the match to complete a superb 6-0
victory.
In Nepalgunj
Rani Pokhari Corner
Team (RCT) posted a 2-0 win over Naxal Yuva Mandal to clinch a semi-final berth of the
competition.
Regardless of the final
result, the quarterfinal match played at the Mahendra Stadium saw some enterprising
football from both the teams.
It was only in the
second session that Naxal gradually faded away and RCT took charge of the proceedings.
Veteran Ramesh Gyawali
put RCT into the lead in the 70th minute while Ayit Singh Tamang sealed the fate of Naxal
scoring the second four minute from time.
Meanwhile, Tikapur
Youth Club, Kailali beat Udayapur Youth Club 1-0 in the other match.
The decisive goal came
in the 34th minute from Ayodhya Chaudhary |
