GOVERNOR’S GOLD CUP

Mohunbagan SAIL beats SAI Darj to enter quarter final round
GANGTOK, 02 Nov: Mohunbagan SAIL Football Academy has entered the quarter-final round of the ongoing 33rd All India Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament 2012 here at Palzor Stadium. In the last pre quarter-final match today, Mohunbagan SAIL FA edged past Sports Authority of India [SAI], Darjeeling by a solitary goal.
Young boys in both the teams played their hearts out to take the lead in the match with their constant attacks and counter-attacks on each other. In the last minute of the first half, Mohunbagan got a golden chance to score the lead when the referee offered them a penalty shoot for a foul in the SAI’s D-box. But Mohunbagan missed this golden opportunity to take the lead when its captain, Seiboi Haokip’s penalty shot hit the goalpost. The first half, thus, ended in a goalless draw.
Both the teams made some good attacks in the second half but missed the net and nearing fulltime it looked like the match would end again in a goalless draw until Pijush Khelo turned the cross of his teammate into the winning goal for Mohunbagan SAIL in the 88th minute.
In the first quarter-final match of the tournament, Dimapur United FC will take on Bhawanipur Kolkata on 05 November. No matches will be held on 03 and 04 November owing to the Panchayat Election on 03 November and the I-League match between United Sikkim FC and Pailan Arrows on 04 November.