By Shillong Lajong Media

SHILLONG: The Youngsters of Lajong displayed a powerful performance and emerged victorious against Rangdajied United FC with a commendable scoreline of 8-0, in the U-18 I-League at the JN Stadium Shillong on Friday.

In what was a one sided affair, the Reds clearly dominated the match and gave Rangdajied a tough game, and hence were not able to score even a single goal in the match. Lajong proved to be immensely strong and tight throughout the match and made sure to maintain a clean sheet in today’s U18 ILeague encounter.

In the early stages of the match, Lajong earned a corner kick which was taken by Allen who found Captain Meban Wahlang to head the ball into the back of the net as early as the 3rd minute.

The second goal also came via set piece again. Allen took the corner kick and his shot landed on the feet of Joe Zoherliana who was unmarked and netted his shot into the empty space in the 22nd minute.

Lajong’s third goal was scored by Hardy Cliff Nongbri in the 26th minute. Sana with the through ball, found Sheen Stevenson Sohktung, who then crossed the ball to find an alert Hardy to head it into the back of the net. In the very next minute, Hardy scored another goal with an assist from his team mate Sana Singh.

The Reds were enjoying majority possession of the ball and were looking to score more goals against their rivals Rangdajied United FC. They did so when Sheen Stevenson converted a brilliant shot, assisted by Sanga in the 44th minute of the match and went into the break with a 5 goal cushion against Rangdajied.

After the lemon break, the Lajong boys picked up the game from where they left from and continued to press forward with the intention to score more goals against the Ragdajied side that was low on confidence.

In the 57th minute, Lajong won a penalty which was successfully converted by Sheen Stevenson Sohktung from the spot.

Samuel Kynshi also registered his name on the scoresheet. In the 74th minute, Samuel was seen one on one with the keeper, who took a wonderful shot that sailed past the keeper.

Sheen Stevenson who had a brilliant game today, completed his hat trick when he scored Lajong’s last goal in stoppage time to make it 8-0 in favour of the Reds.

Lajong are on 7 points from four matches and will take on Guwahati Fc on the 26th November in Guwahati.