Cameroon's Dauphins enter into last four of Martyr's Memorial football tourney
Cameroon's Dauphins enter into last four of Martyr's Memorial football tourney
Published: 09:05 pm Mar 24, 2019
HETAUDA: Cameroon's Dauphins United beat APF Club 1-0 to advance into the last four of the Bhuvarga Cement Martyr's Memorial Football Tournament-2075 in Hetauda on Sunday. After a goalless first-half, Dauphins Yanik Owana broke the deadlock in the 79th minute. Despite a much-improved performance in the second half, the departmental team failed to equalise and avoid defeat in an enticing encounter today. Dauphin's goalkeeper pulled off a stunning save off APF's Sudip Sihkrakhar's volley and prevented the opposition from going ahead in the game. During a post-match press conference, Dauphins's manager Ashik Thapa Magar said, though we won the game but failed to meet our own expectations against a disciplined team. 'We will display a much-improved performance in the upcoming match,' Thapa added. Likewise, AFP club head coach Sudip Shrestha said, 'We sticked to our tactics but failed to score against a physically superior team, which ultimately cost us the game today.' Later, Dauphin's Yanik Owana was declared man of the match and bagged a cash purse of Rs 10,000.