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Players of Intermingle (Blue) and Telongjem F/C (Yellow & Green) in action during the second semi-final match at Imkongmeren Sports Complex on Oct. 25. (EM Images)[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Mokokchung, Oct. 25 (EMN): Intermingle showed tough resilience to come from behind and beat Telongjem 2-1 sending them into final of the MDFA Trophy at Imkongmeren Sports Complex on Thursday. They will now take on Zonipang S/A in the final of the year’s edition of the MDFA Trophy.
Opanglemzung scored the winning goal in the 70th minute as Intermingle shocked Telongjem 2-1 in their semifinal match.
Telongjem took an early lead1-0 over Intermingle when defender Moasunep scored a long shot which flew straight into the net. However defender Sanyem Konyak of Intermingle equalised 8 minutes later.
Entering the second half, Intermingle continued to threaten the defence of Telongjem and attempted ever opportunity it got on its way. With Telongjem barely clinging on in the latter stages of the match, Intermingle’s right winger assisted a cross to Opanglemzung. He finished off with a header and shot the ball past Telongjem’s goalkeeper in the 70th minute and sealed off the match.