KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Imperial Futsal and Samakhusi Futsal registered away wins on Tuesday in the Red Bull National Futsal League being held in the capital. Imperial edged past Rajani Futsal, Samakhusi 4-2 at the latter's home turf.
Nirajan Gaire scored a hat-trick for the winning team scoring in the 11th, 35th and 38th minutes. Kishan Adhikari was also on target for Imperial Futsal in the 12th minute.
Rushan KC and Suman Karki netted one each for home team Rajani.
Samakhusi, Shankhamul close to final
In another match played at Harisiddhi Futsal in Lalitpur, Samakhusi inflicted 7-3 defeat to the home team.
Santosh Tamang netted a hat-trick for Harisiddhi, while Nabin Lama achieved the target twice. Similarly, Sandip Thapa and Sujan Maharjan scored one each.
The event being played under home and away basis is participated by 16 teams. The participants are divided into two groups of eight teams each. The event carries highest cash prize in domestic futsal. The winning side will go richer by Rs 1 million and the runner-up will walk home with purse of Rs 500,000. The best player and best goalkeeper will get Rs 50,000 each.
