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Ozone FC continued their unbeaten run in the U-16 Youth League for the Nike Premier Cup, after they breezed past Shillong Lajong FC in the first semifinal of the day.
After an even opening minutes, Ozone FC opened the scoring in the 20th minute through a counter attack on the left, Ozone FC’s Ignatius John cross resulted in a goalmouth melee inside the box but after the Lajong FC keeper Akash Thapa managed to save the initial danger the ball once again fell back to the now unmarked Ignatius, who made no mistake in dispatching it to the net with the Goal Keeper off his position.
Eight minutes later, another cross from the right saw Lajong FC defender handling the ball inside the box conceding a silly penalty, Ozone’s Ajay converted the spot-kick by dispatching the ball to the top-left corner as the keeper judged the wrong way.
Soon Shillong Lajong FC pulled one back from an attack of their own from the right, Lajong FC winger ran past couple of defenders before taking a shot from the box which was deflected away by Ozone FC keeper Niraj Kumar but only as far as another Lajong FC forward Parvaj who fired it into the goal to make it 1-2. Both the teams entered the break without troubling the score any further.
The second half started with Lajong in more attacking mode looking for an equaliser. However it was Ozone FC that found the net next. In the 75th minute, Ignatius John made it 3-1 after Manvir Singh’s initial shot from the edge of the box was saved by Akash Thapa.
Nearing the end of the game, another attacking move from Ozone FC saw Lajong FC keeper Akash come off his line outside of his box to stop the ball in a one-on-one situation but his decision to jump against onrushing Ozone FC forward was deemed dangerous as the referee gave him his marching orders. Ozone FC converted the free-kick thanks to Manvir Singh’s amazing shot as making it 4-1 in added time.
The match ended without any further change as Ten-man Shillong Lajong FC bowed out of Nike Premier Cup 2017.
But not all is good as Ozone FC is said to have played a number of overage players and only a court order allowed them to play their match today.
MATCH STATS
Ozone FC 4-1 Shillong Lajong FC – Goals: 1-0,3-1 Ignatius John (20’,75’), 2-0 Ajay Alex (28’), 2-1 Parvaj Bhuiya (37’), 4-1 Manvir Singh (90+3’)
Ozone FC: Niraj Kumar – Gurmeet Singh, Oinam Singh, Ajay Alex A, R.K. Chiranjan Singh, Manvir Singh, Umashankar (68’ Kundom Singh), Saurabh Meher (85’ D. Dhanush), Rohmingthanga, Mohammed Rasheed, Ignatius John (90’ T.H. Imran Khan)
Shillong Lajong FC: Akash Thapa – Muhammad Ahmed, Habymmutshum Nongrum, Ramdinmawia Hnamte, Tomonbha lapang, Jeremy Laldinpuia (84’ Bijay Pandey), Samuel Lyngdoh Kynshi (90+2’ Lallawmkima Lallawmkima), Baiaikara Swer, Donboklang Lyngdoh, Burnes Raj, Parvaj Bhuiya
by AIFF Media
