SHILLONG: There was another day of exciting football on display in the U-14 Football Tournament 2013 on Friday.
The first match was played between Shillong Lajong and Pynthorbah SC where the former won 2-1.
It was Pynthorbah, however, who took the lead in the eighth minute through a corner where Shining Nongrum wasted no chance to place the ball in the corner of the net.
This goal came as a shock to the Lajong players, who tried to regroup, but the strong Pynthor defence did not give in easily until the 25th minute where a misjudgement by Joshuwa Rumnong, the Pynthor goalkeeper, gave Lajong a chance to equalise through Guidingstar Malieh.
Lajong continued to apply pressure on Pynthor and scored another in the 29th minute through Freestar Kharbangar, who enthralled the spectators with his skillful ball control and good anticipation.
The second half saw both teams try to gain control over each other but no further goals were scored and thus Lajong bagged a full three points.
The second match saw a goalless, but hard-fought, draw between Lummawbah and Mylliem SC.
Both sides tried hard to find the lead, but both goalies displayed fantastic skills to prevent the ball from getting past them.
The third match between MLP and Umpling was also well-contested, although MLP had the better of things and won 3-1.
Sebestian Songthiang’s header from a measured corner gave MLP the lead in the 11th minute and he scored again in the 21st.
Coming into the second session, Umpling fought hard and scored in the 34th minute through Hamebhalang Umdor.
MLP were not done yet, however, and increased the pressure on the opposing team.
That forced a lapse by Umpling, which gave MLP a third goal in the 56th minute.
The goal-scorer was once again Songthiang, who thus became the second player to score a hat-trick in the tournament.
