Nepal Army displayed excellent game to thrash visiting Sahara UK FC 4-0 to enter the finals of the 7th Aaha Gold Cup Football tournament in Pokhara.

Sahara UK FC was rigid till the 40th minute of the first half but then Army scored the first goal through Santosh Nepali and added another two minutes later to make score 2-0 till half time.

Shiva Chowdhary supplied the pin-point cross in the Sahara D-Box where Santosh Nepali was off-mark and scored through header. The score was doubled two minutes later when Raju Tamang’s low shot kissed the net after Sahara UK FC goalie Dilip Chhetri couldn’t handle the ball properly.

Right after the break, Sahara returned strongly with two breathtaking attempts but failed to capitalise. Bahar Laxamba was unfortunate to score in a one-on-one situation with the Army goalie Bikash Malla. In the 55th minute, Sahara UK FC Kunjan Gurung was brought down in the D-box but Gurung himself wasted the spot kick when goalie Malla dived to the right direction to save the ball.

Bikarna Shrestha utilized the counter attack in the 75th minute and extended the tally to 3-0 utilizing the pass off Mahendra Khawas. Army completed the rout in the 89th minute when super sub Chakra Tamang scored the fourth goal. nepalnews.com bt Feb 05 09