imphal forget the mexican wave indian football became witness to a tsunami of manipur waves at the khuman lampak stadium on tuesday as 30000 supporters came to watch the final match of the trination tournament and swayed in unison to the beat of football all roads leading to the stadium were jam packed from the afternoon as football fans were eager to keep their date with the indian team one last time for the first international football tournament hosted in the northeastern state as sunil chhetri and sandesh jhingan won the match for india against kyrgyz republic the blue tigers captured the hearts of the fans who not only love the sport but are also conversant in evaluating a good game of football and the cheering fans staying back to get autographs and selfies with the skipper and continuing their celebrations till the indian team bus left the venue proved that unlike the scrappy win against myanmar the hosts performance on the day had truly gripped their imagination however it was a starstudded night not just on the field as a host of dignitaries including chief minister n biren singh aiff president kalyan chaubey and secretary shaji prabhakaran were present at the venue for the mega event in the quaint state capital the signing of an mou between the manipur government and the all india football federation to further the development of the sport in the state was a major highlight of the prematch lineup on the day and was followed by a cultural programme with manipuri dance as the major showcase it was followed by everyone at the stadium paying tribute to the late indian football legend tulsidas balaram as an enlarged version of his iconic no 10 jersey was unveiled on the field then it was time for the current indian stars to dazzle one and all with the ball and live up to the footballfrenzy that is characteristic of the state