In the Jhapa Cup football tournament organized by Jhapa-11 at the Domalal Rajvanshi Stadium in Birtamod on Tuesday, the guest team beat GTA Darjeeling in a tiebreaker and entered the semi-finals of Itahari's Rashtriya Jagruti Club.
Jagurti secured their spot in the previous round by defeating Darjeeling 4-2. Jagratika Pravesh Danuwar, Savin Ghimire, Yogendra Karki and foreign player Namdi Ibosi scored in the tie breaker. Nishan Limbu's shot hit the fence and returned.
Darjeeling's Ashish Dewan and Pritam Rai could only score. Angad Thapa Magar and Bhaichung Rai's shots were stopped by Jagrutika goalkeeper Niraj Chaudhary. In the 17th minute of the game, Jagrutika Pravesh Basnet scored the first goal for the team and took the lead.
Basnet made use of Khmir Gilson Kandangwa's cross pass and hit the post. Darjeeling tied the game in the 22nd minute of the game. Devashish Rai beat two defenders from the middle and the shot bounced off the goalkeeper. He hit the ball again and turned it into a goal.
In the 68th minute of the game, Milan Rai, Jagurtika's striker, fouled the opposing goalkeeper Nigam Singh and left the field after receiving a red card. Limited to 10 players, Jagriti was then under pressure, but the excellent performance of goalkeeper Niraj Chaudhary managed to take the team to the semi-finals.
Goalkeeper Chaudhary was the player of the match. He received a cash prize of 10,000 rupees. According to the organizers, the third quarter final match on Wednesday will be between Church Boys United and Gorkha Boys Sports Club, Rupandehi.
