Thursday, January 15, 2009

Moinul Haq Trophy: Siwan, Mansi in quarter-final

Patna, January 14, 2009
Siwan scored an impressive 4-0 victory over Aurangabad in a pre-quarter-final match of the Bihar state inter-district football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy in Gaya on Tuesday.

In another pre-quarter-final match of the day, East Central Railway, Mansi crushed East Central Railway, Jamalpur 3-0. Fayaz Alam struck twice to put Siwam ahead. Md Anwar and Vimal Tudo scored a goal each.

In the second match Anupam Kumar netted a hat-trick for Mansi. Anumap opened the account in the first half. He scored two more goals to complete his hat-trick. Mansi were leading 1-0 at the breather.

Earlier on Monday, East Central Railway, Samastipur and Saran moved into the quarter-finals. Samastipur edged out Motihari 6-5 via sudden death while Saran got walk-over against East Central Railway, Danapur, who failed to turn up.

In an exciting match Samastipur and Saran played a goalless draw during the regulation and extra time. The tie-breaker too proved futile as both the teams remained locked at 4-4. In the sudden death, Samstipur prevailed 6-5.

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