Tribhuvan Army Club became the first team to reach the final of the KP Oli Cup football tournament on Friday. Army ended Sankata's challenge 2-1 in the semi-finals at the Dasharath Rangshal on Friday.
Now in the title clash, Army will face the winner of the second semi-final between the host team KP Oli FC and Machindra. Navayug Shrestha and Dinesh Hemjan scored goals in Army's victory. Bhishan Gurung returned a goal from Sankata. Army took the lead in the ninth minute of the
game. Navyug cleverly steered the post from Gillespiejung Karki's pass. The second goal for Army was made possible by a penalty in the 66th minute.
Gillespie was tackled by Abhishek Lama and Army got a penalty. Substitute Bhishan scored in the third minute of injury time of the second half. He scored on the ball that hit the post and returned. However, this proved to be no more than a consolation goal.
Buffon is the chief guest
Italy's legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has said through a video message that he is coming to Kathmandu as the chief guest during the tournament. He said in the message, "Hello everyone." I'm a buffoon. I am coming to Nepal in the first week of March and will be the chief guest of the KP Oli Cup final.
