APRIL 03 - DHARAN,
African United Club stunned league champions Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC) 2-1 in the semi-finals of the 16th Budha Subba Gold Cup here at the Anfa Technical Centre on Wednesday.
Substitute Akeen Babatunde headed home the decider three minutes into the extra time. The match was extended to 15 minutes of extra time after the regulation time ended in a 1-1 deadlock. African United had taken the 19th minute lead when Segun Akinade scored capitalising on a pass from Victor. MMC had to wait until the 79th minute to level the scores as Yona Elias made full use of skipper Sagar Thapa’s pass.
MMC themselves had to blamed for the defeat as they squandered numerous easy scoring opportunities. Luck deserted MMC from the beginning as Aziz Shahi found the woodwork in the eight minute and Sujal Shrestha saw his freekick cleared from the goalline in the 38th minute. Deepak Rai was also wasteful moments later shooing wildly out. Sujal was unfortunate yet again when his attempt rebounded of the bar in the 53rd minute. MMC misery was summed up in the injury time when, with African goalie already beaten, Sequn cleared away an Anil Gurung header from the goalline.
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