Shillong, Jul 5: Iasnohktilang Madanrting FC and Umpling SC registered their first victories in the Shillong Sports Association’s Women’s League at Third Ground, Polo, here on Wednesday.
It was a day featuring the teams that were not successful in the competition so far. But all four put on a good show and the contests were close.
In the first game, Iasnohktilang were 2-0 winners over Kharang SC in Group B, while Umpling later edged Mawkriah West SC 1-0 in Group A.
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All three goals were scored in the second half of the two matches. Jerina M Mawlong (51′) and Aitibha Thabah (56′) were the scorers for Iasnohktilang, who thoroughly celebrated their triumph, with photos and plenty of cheers after the match.
Later, despite losing the game, Mawkriah West can be proud of the way they held off Umpling for more than 50 minutes before conceding via a penalty taken by Streamlet Taro (54′).
Mawkriah conceded 32 goals in their previous two games, but they bravely held off Umpling, defending for nearly 90% of the match.
Thursday will witness two Group A fixtures – it will be PFR Football Academy versus Kick Start Football Coaching Centre at 2.30 pm followed by Laitkor SC against Lawei Smit SC at 4.15 pm.
