The final match between Salhes and Churchboys will be held on Saturday 31st July from 2:30 pm at Bhanujan Mavi ground.
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Madhesh Pradesh's Salhes Yuva Club Sirha and Bagmati Pradesh's Churchboys Club Lalitpur have reached the finals of the third edition of the Taplejung Gold Cup.
Last year's runners-up Salhes secured their place in the final this year after defeating Redstar Club Jhapa by 2-0 in the last semi-final on Thursday. The final match between Salhes and Churchboys will be held on Saturday 31st July from 2:30 pm at Bhanujan Mavi ground.
Yousuf Mallik of Salhes scored both goals in Thursday's match. He scored in the 13th minute of the first half and in the 48th minute of the second half. In the 12th minute of the match, Jhapa's Suraj Kumal stole Salhes net. But the assistant referee Jit Dhimal raised the offside flag, so the main referee Suman Ghimire did not give the goal. Yusuf made a counter move and opened the account of the goal. Yusuf scored the second goal by using the back pass given by his friend and hitting the Redstar goal keeper Deep Karki. Yusuf is a player who played for AFC Chitwan.
Salhes, who lost 1-0 to Everest Club Morang last year and became runner-up, has reached Taplejung with four foreign players this year. In the quarter-final, they defeated Fidim Sporting Club of Panchthar 6-0 and in the semi-final they defeated Redstar 2-0. Churchboys, who secured a place in the finals from Wednesday's match, defeated Legend Football Academy Siliguri India in the quarterfinals. 1-0 and on Wednesday, The Young Brothers Club reached the final after defeating Itahari Sunsari by 3-1 goals in a tribreaker.
Thursday's man of the match was Yusuf. He received seven thousand rupees. He has managed to become the man of the match in both games of his team.
The winner will get 7 lakh 2 thousand 82 and the runner-up will get 3 lakh 50 thousand 282, while the best player will get a Yamaha motorcycle, the organizers said. The ticket price for the audience is 100 rupees for the semi-final and 250 rupees for the final.
