Everest Youth Club wins Itahari Gold Cup title
After both teams failed to score in the allotted time, the game was decided by penalty shootout.
ITAHARI: Everest Youth Club Morang has won the title of Itahari Gold Cup.
Sagarmatha won the title for the second time after defeating newcomer A Division club Church in the penalty shootout by 6-5 in the final match held at Itahari Stadium today.
After both teams failed to score in the allotted time, the game was decided by penalty shootout.
Sagarmatha managed to win the title for the second time in a row after Church Boys’ Manoj Rai’s shot was deflected.
Sagarmatha, who entered the field with most of the players from the newcomer A Division club Khumaltar, received 10 lakhs in cash along with the title, and the runner-up Church Boys received 500,000.
Captain Mahindra Karki of Everest was declared the best player of the tournament and received 1 lakh in cash.
