Church will take on APF in the Tilotta Gold Cup Final
Church Boys United have made the finals of the Gold Cup football tournament on 23rd Tilott.
Church Boys defeated A Division rivals Machindra FC 4-1 in the second semi-final at the ANFA Technical Ground in Devinagar on Thursday. Armand Bayedum scored a hat-trick while captain Abayomi Fakulne added a goal in Church Boys' victory. Machindra's Alex Williams pulled a goal back.
Armand headed the cross of Paresh Katwal and gave the team the lead. After 10 minutes Machindra captain Karim Omolaja tackled Armand in the box. Armand converted the penalty and doubled the lead. He completed the hat-trick in the 44th minute. Armand scored after beating Machindra's goalkeeper Top Ranamar on the ball arranged by Raj Bhusal. This is the second hat-trick in the tournament. Earlier Srijan Raj Gautam of Sankat had scored a hat-trick.
Church Boys made it 4-0 in the 60th minute through Faculne's goal. Faculne scored a goal with a volley from a ball given by Raj from a corner. Machindra scored a goal with three minutes remaining in the scheduled match. Alex scored a goal by beating defenders Biku Rai and Chetan Chaudhary and goalkeeper Vivash Chaudhary on a ball coming from the middle.
player of the match Fakulane. He received 11 thousand 111 rupees. Church Boys beat Nepal Police Club 4-3 in the tiebreaker.
Church Boys will face the challenge of APF in the title clash on Saturday. APF defeated Sankata 1-0 and confirmed the final.
23rd edition The winner will win Rs 12 lakh 12 thousand 222 and the runner-up will win Rs 6 lakh 66 thousand 666. The best player will get a motorcycle prize.
