Arun Thapa cancels out Susheel’s early opener for JJ Nagar Club before Super Strikers hold their nerve in a tense 6-5 penalty shootout victory

Super Strikers clinched a thrilling 6-5 penalty shootout victory against JJ Nagar Club in the Bolarum Challenge Cup after a 1-1 deadlock in regulation time. Arun Thapa’s equalizer canceled out Susheel’s early opening goal to force the spot-kicks

Hyderabad: Super Strikers scored a hard-fought 6-5 win via tie-breaker against JJ Nagar Club in the Bolarum Challenge Cup footballtournament at Bolarum
here on Monday.

It was JJNC which took the lead through Susheel in the 9th min and later Super Strikers equalised in 23rd min through Arun Thapa .

Venu, Yash, Sunny, Arun and L. Yash were the scorers for the winners while Arvind, Susheel, Akshay and Nickson were on target for the losers in the shoot-out after the teams failed to break the deadlock in full-time.