NEROCA FC of Sangakpham lifted champion trophy after defeating SSU of Singjamei in the final match of the 59th Sir Churachand Singh KCSI, CBE Memorial Football Tournament 2015 organized by All Manipur Football association held at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Today.
At the beginning of the final match, Md Shidur Rehman of SSU scores the first goal at 2 minutes of the play taking the lead over NEROCA FC. In response to that NEROCA FC players, Kh Satish Singh score the first goal of NEROCA FC at 20 minutes, making the score equals at 1-1.
Many attempts were made from both the teams to take the lead during the first half but failed. The referee of the match S Kennedy penalized one yellow card each to SSU players Md Shidur Rehman, P Christopher Kamei and Md Riyas Khan and one each to NEROCA FC players O Emeka Christian and Th Johnson Singh during the first half of the play.
3 minutes extra time was provided in the first half. At the 46th minutes of the extra times, O Emeka Christian scores the 2nd goal for NEROCA FC breaking the tie score.
After the match kick-off in the second half, there were arguments among players of both the teams over some foul play. The referee controlled the match.
During the 2nd Half Imran Khan of NEROCA FC scored another goal for the team assuring the champion title in 82 minutes. NEROCA FC finally scored 3 goals and SSU was put to halt in 1 goal.
