ANFA U21 suffered 3-0 loss to Mizoram to crash out from Dr. T.AO North East International NEC U-21 Gold Cup at LNIPE sports complex, Sonapur, India.

ANFA U21 collected 6 points from 4 matches. Manipur has 6 points from 4 matches, Meghalaya has 10 points from 4 matches, Mizoram has 10 points from 4 matches, Nagaland has 3 points from 3 matches and Tripura has no points from 3 matches.

ANFA U21 will play against Nagaland tomorrow but win against them won't be sufficient for them to go to next round. Mizoram and Meghalaya have advanced to the next round from the group.

Earlier, ANFA U21 suffered defeat at the hands of Meghalaya 3-2 in their first match and thrashed Tripura in the second match and won 3-1 against Manipur.

A total of 11 teams; each team from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and eight teams from North East states of India; are competing in the tournament.

This is how the match went on:

** 1' Peep! Match kicks off.

** A draw will be sufficient for ANFA U21 to qualify for semifinals.

** 42' Goalie Vishnu Kumar KC fouls on a Mizoram player, PENALTY is awarded to Mizoram. F. Lalnuntl Uanga converts the spot kick. ANFA U21 are 1-0 down to Mizoram.

** HALF TIME. ANFA U21 are 1-0 down to Mizoram.

** 46' Second half begins.

** 57' P. C. Lahhariatpula scores through spot again. Mizoram are 2-0 up.

** 85' Situation turns tense after Nepalese officials protest against referees for 12 Mizoram players in the field for two minutes !

** 90+7' GOAL from Mizoram. kroguapula scores. 3-0.

FULL TIME.

ANFA U21 are grouped with Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura in group B. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sikkim are in group A.

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