GOVERNOR’S GOLD CUP

3-Star Nepal through to finals
GANGTOK, 09 Nov: Three Star Nepal has secured a berth in the finals of the 33rd All India Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament. In the nail-biting semi-final match played at Paljor Stadium today, a brace by Anil Ojha helped Three Star edge past Kolkata’s Bhawanipur Football Club 2-1.
In a series of continuous attacks launched by the Nepal club in the first half, Anil Ojha scored an early lead for Three Star in the 7th minute of the match. Despite many good attacks by Bhawanipur FC the first half ended on the same score of 1-0 in favour of Three Star.
Bhawanipur players led by Jose Barreto made a good comeback in the second half by launching some good attacks on Three Star. The second half also witnessed aggressive game by both the teams. In the 73rd minute, the referee sent Hudson Lima of Bhawanipur FC and Santosh Shahukhala of Three Star off the field.
In the 82nd minute, Nobin Hela scored the equalizer for Bhawanipur FC and 10-men down both the teams played their hearts out to secure a place in the finals. In the 7 minutes additional time, Anil Ojha scored his brace and winning goal for Three Star Nepal.
Apart from two red cards in the match, the match also witnessed the referee flashing yellow cards to Anil Gurung, Bishnu Sunar and Anil Ojha of Three Star and Uttam Debnath and Jose Barreto of Bhawanipur FC.
The second semi-final match will be played between BSF Jallandhar and Mohun Bagan SAIL tomorrow at 2 PM.