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G Rio School and Northfield in action during the last quarterfinal match in Kohima on Thursday.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Kohima, July 5 (EMN): Chandmari Higher Secondary School and Northfield booked their semi-finals berth after winning their respective quarterfinal matches at the ongoing 2nd Kohima district inter-school football tournament at the Kohima local ground on Thursday.
Chandmari HSS will now take on Northfield in the Pool B final on Friday. After the Pool Finals, the winner of Pool-A will compete with the loser of Pool-B and the loser of Pool-A will compete with the winner of Pool-B in their respective semi-final matches.
The tournament is being jointly organised by Royal Club Kohima in association with school education department and youth resources and sports.
In the first match at the Kohima local ground, Chandmari HSS edged out St. Mary's Cathedral HSS via tie-breaker 3-2 after the match ended 2-2 at the stipulated time.
In a thrilling encounter, Venu-o scored the opening goal for Chadmari team in the 6th minute to take the deserving lead. But the joy was cut short when Veposhu scored in the 39th minute for St. Mary to end the first half 1-1.
It was all on St Mary side in the second half, as Supongyanger scored the second goal for St. Mary in 71th minute. With the dying minutes in favour of Chandmari, Venu-o scored in the injury added time to equalise the score line 2-2.
During the extra time, both team failed to score as the match ended in a penalty shootout. And Chandmari HSS overpowered St. Mary's Cathedral via tie breaker 3-2 to enter the Pool B final.
Meanwhile, Northfield stunned the G Rio School 4-0 in the last quarterfinal match of the tournament. Runners-up of the first edition, G Rio School were paid for their defensive error as Northfield seized the opportunity to score four goals.
In the match, Kethosenyu scored a brace for Northfield through a defensive error to take two goals lead in the first half.
The second half, Northfield side defended the score but G Rio lacked the finishing as under pressure side conceded another goal from Franky Khing in the 62th minute. It was all over as Ashebo rounded up the match with a stunner in the 70th minute to end the match in favour of Northfield 4-0.
Friday matches (Pool finals)
Loyola HSS, Jakhama vs Mount Sinai HSS (Pool A) @ 1 PM
Chandmari HSS vs Northfield (Pool-B) @ 3: 00 PM
