Correspondent
BOKAJAN, Sep 10: The first semi-final of the 1st edition of All Karbi Anglong U-17 boys inter sub-association football championship 2023 was played today. The tournament is being conducted by Karbi Anglong Sports Association (KASA) and the matches were held at Hanjanglangso, Dengaon, Dokmoka and Diphu.
The first semi-final played today at Hanjanglanso was attended by Hanjanglangso Sports Association president Jivon Chandra Pathak, secretary Amit Puran Terang, Rajen Rongpi, David Ronghang and several others. The first battle for the final bout was fought between the boys of Paklongklam Sports Association (PSA) and Langhin Sports Association (LSA). The referees were Modon Rongpi, Lineman Sankar Terang, Bapuram Rongphar and Tahin Rongpharpi.
The first half of the match with a 2-1 score in favour of Langhin. However, in the second half, the PSA boys bounced back in form and equalised the score at 2-2, taking the game to a tiebreaker penalty shoot-out for the result. In the tiebreaker, Langhin once again took advantage and netted 4 times while their opponent could manage only 3 times. Langhin SA now waits for the winner of the second semi-final to be played on September 11 to be played between Hanjanglangso Sports Association and Manja Sports Association.