Farcical Goodwill Football match fails to please football enthusiast
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Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 19, 2012: The Goodwill Football match between Manipur XI and FC Kickers, Japan organised by the Manipur Tourism Forum ended up as a farce with spectators with high hopes outraged with the cheating like nature of the Manipur Tourism Forum.
The whole stadium was crowded with football lovers of the state to witnessed the rare match between Manipur XI and FC Kickers Japan with high hopes of seeing a keenly contested match between the two teams.
However, all the expectations of the spectators fell into vain when they realised that players of FC Kickers were not much talented as they thought to be.
The match was won by Manipur XI 4-1.The Manipur XI team was formed by an expert committee to give its optimum perfomances.
On the other hand, the players of FC Kickers turned out to be employees of different Japanese companies in India and some tourists who formed the team.
Meanwhile, President of the Manipur Tourism Forum, Dr Th Dhabali told Hueiyen Lanpao that the match was a first step for the development of Manipur Tourism even though it failed to fulfill the expectations of the football enthusiasts of Manipur.
In all 17,000 tickets were sold and more than 20,000 spectators witnessed the match.
The proceed of the match will be utilised in the development of Tourism in the state after a meeting of the forum, Dr Dhabali said.
The whole stadium was crowded with football lovers of the state to witnessed the rare match between Manipur XI and FC Kickers Japan with high hopes of seeing a keenly contested match between the two teams.
However, all the expectations of the spectators fell into vain when they realised that players of FC Kickers were not much talented as they thought to be.
The match was won by Manipur XI 4-1.The Manipur XI team was formed by an expert committee to give its optimum perfomances.
On the other hand, the players of FC Kickers turned out to be employees of different Japanese companies in India and some tourists who formed the team.
Meanwhile, President of the Manipur Tourism Forum, Dr Th Dhabali told Hueiyen Lanpao that the match was a first step for the development of Manipur Tourism even though it failed to fulfill the expectations of the football enthusiasts of Manipur.
In all 17,000 tickets were sold and more than 20,000 spectators witnessed the match.
The proceed of the match will be utilised in the development of Tourism in the state after a meeting of the forum, Dr Dhabali said.
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