Iceberg Madhyapur will face Tribhuwan Army club in first quarter finals of the tournament. Lets have a flash back on how they entered the knock out stage.
Madhyapur Youth Association has proved itself as a surprise package in the ongoing tournament as they have stunned APF, Friends and Three Start to qualify itself as the group A winners. The team which had lesser expectation has proved higher as Upendra’s boys were able to deliver outstanding performance with great coordination.
Madhyapur started their tournament well as they were able to force Three star to stop in a draw. Three star who entered the field with lots of expectations were compelled to share the points. They delivered outstanding performance as they snatched away three points from APF winning them by only goal from legendary Nirajan Rayamajhi. Similarly they played draw with friends club which was on of the important reason why Friends got knocked off the tournament.
Last Group Stage Matches – Madhyapur
Draw, Win, Draw
1-1 (Three Star) -Draw
1-0(APF) – Won
1-1(Friends Club) – Draw
Last Group Stage Matches – Tribhuwan Army
Won, Loss, Won
5-0 (NRT) – Won
0-2(MMC) – Lost
1-0(Machindra) – Won
Army faces Madhyapur as the group runner up as they were unable to register win against Manang. They started the tournament with an excellent form as they were able to ease past NRT with 5-0 win. Tanka Basnet was able to shine in the match on which he scored twice. Despite superb start in the tournament they had to suffer against the group leaders after they got back by 2-0 against Manang Marsyangdi club. Meanwhile they defeated Machindra 1-0 to sum up group point to 6 as they qualify to the knock out stage as the group winners.
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