Governor’s Gold Cup: Three Star To Take On BSF

Three Star club is a major crowd puller here in this Himalayan state. The team had reached finals in the last edition of Gold Cup and was defeated by its bitter rival NRT, another Nepal club.

This time, it is up to Three Star to keep the Nepal flag flying high in the premier tournament in the entire Eastern Himalayan region. However, Nepal’s challenge does not look sharper compared to last year as six regular players of Three Star are currently on national duty.

“Our six main players are playing for the national team in Merdeka Cup at Malaysia. But we have brought talented junior players who are playing or knocking the doors of the national team”, said Upendra Man Singh, the coach of the Three Star club.

“The players are the best in Nepal and have played many matches”, he added.

Upendra himself a former goalie with the Nepal national side has played on four occasions in the Gold Cup and this time he is coming back as a coach.

On their tomorrow’s opponents, Upendra said: “BSF is traditionally counted as a good team. It would have helped us if we had got a chance to see them in their previous match”.

Boosting the morale of Three Star club, a Nepal MP has also arrived along with the team to pep up the players. Raj Kazi Maharjan, an MP from Lalitpur constituency expressed his hopes that the Nepal club will reach the finals. He has specially escorted the Three Star club to provide his moral support.

Source : goal.com
Writer : Bijoy Gurung