Southern Samity and Army XI will play each other in the final Group B match of the EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup 2012 to decided on who will go through to the semi finals from the group. A win is must for Southern Samity to progress, else it will be I-League side Shillong Lajong FC who will be in the last four.
Final Score:
Southern Samity 1-0 Army XI
Goals: Zico Zoremsanga (45+1′)
Man of the Match: Zico Zoremsanga
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**Substitutes:
**16′ – Sovan Chakraborty OFF; Lrinfela ON (Southern Samity)
38′ – Uken Debbarma OFF; Ecehzona Celestine ON (Southern Samity)
64′ – Lal Vulliaia OFF; Herojith Singh ON (Army XI)
86′ – Vanlalruaia OFF; Rockey Kam ON (Army XI)
Bookings:
Live Commentary:
Full time. Southern Samity into the last fours. Shillong Lajong, runners up of the last edition, crashes out!
90′ – Four minutes added on. Corner for Samity.
86′ – Vanlalruaia OFF; Rockey Kam ON (Army XI)
83′ – Alfred Ndyenge produces a good save of Army XI keeper KK Zaman
80′ – Army just trying their luck from long rangers at the moment! Samity on the defensive.
74′ – Laxman Murmu fails to connect to a good cross from Ginsuarlal. Almost equalized there!
65′ – Nothing happening right no. Some miscued shots, latest by Southern Samity’s Alfred Ndynge.
55′ – Army XI enjoying some possession now!
48′ – Lalrinfela’s shot just misses the target for Samity.
46′ – Second half begins..
Half time!
45+1′ – GOAL! Zico rounds past a defender and then the keeper to blast the shot into the goal. Lajong’s chances of progressing looks gloomy! Southern Samity 1-0 Army XI
45′ – 2 minutes added on!
39′ – Uken Debbarma OFF; Ecehzona Celestine ON (Southern Samity)
38′ – Laxman Murmu comes close to scoring for Army XI.
31′ – Manas Das’s cross into the box is headed towards goal by ico Zoremsanga. The keeper just gets to the header and saves!
25′ – Corner for Samity.
18′ – Zico’s shot into the open goal is headed out by Army defender!
16′ – An early change for Southern Samity. Lalrinfela comes on for Sovan Chakroborty.
14′ – Samity keeper Abhijit Das takes the ball from the legs of Laxman Murmu in the penalty area
12′ – Army’s Monoj Toppo crosses in from the left, but Samity defender Manas Das heads the ball back to his keeper
7′ – Alfred Ndynge wins a corner for Southern Samity. Manas Das gets the ball outside the box, but his shot lacks direction!
1′ – Kick off.
All important match! Southern Samity needs to win this match to progress, if its anything other than three points, it will be Shillong Lajong FC who ill go through to face Air India in the semi finals.
Team Lists:
Army XI:
Starting Eleven: KK Zaman (Goalkeeper), Pawan Kumar Tyagi, Kiran K Varghese, Ginsuarlal, Kunal Sarkar, Suraj Singh, Lal Vulluaia, C Vanlalhruaia, Somnath Das (Captain), Laxam Murmu, Monoj Toppo.
Substitutes: Chrobi Kanta Singh, Rojen Meetai, Rokcey Kam, Herojit Singh, Kaslesh MV
Head Coach: Sidhartha Chattopadhyay
Physio: Sujit Manna
Southern Samity:*
Starting Eleven:* Avjit Ghosh (Goalkeeper), Rajib Ahamed (Captain), Gour Naskar, Uken Debbarma, Manas Das, Sovan Chakraborty, Thangsomi Ruivah, Jamir Ali Mondal, Alfred NdyengeZico Zoremsanga, Manas Das
Substitutes:Abhujit Das, Habibur Rahaman Mondal, A. Echezona Celestine, Lalrin Fela, Suroj Mondal,
Head Coach: Shabbir Ali
Team Manager: Bhaskar Babu*
Physio:* Samir Chakraborty
Referee: C R Vijay
Assistant referees: C Leo, Aley Costa
Fourth Official: Ratheesh Kumar
Match Commissioner: Sethumadhvana C
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Saturday 17 March 2012. The database copy of this article was lost; it was recovered in 2026 from the Internet Archive's saved copy of the live page.