Tuesday, 3 March 2015 01:13
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Expolanka trounced the Delhi team at yesterday’s regional final of the Standard Chartered Trophy 2015 – Road to Anfield, with a 2-0 win in Mumbai.
The Expolanka team will now travel to Liverpool in May to represent South Asia in the finals against nine other countries together with officials from Standard Chartered. The Expolanka team will now have an opportunity to enjoy a unique experience - a trip to the UK, the chance to play on a Premier League pitch, have dinner with Liverpool FC legends and receive a professional training session with academy coaches in preparation for the finals.
Standard Chartered’s ‘The Road to Anfield’ program, now in its fourth season, saw the participation of a total of 19 markets from across Standard Chartered’s footprint participating in the regional qualifying tournaments. Expolanka is now one of the 10 winning teams which will represent their country/region at the Standard Chartered Trophy Finals, to be played at Liverpool FC’s home ground, Anfield on 8 May 2015. The champions will receive the ‘Standard Chartered Trophy’ at Anfield.
This is the very first time Sri Lankan football enthusiasts have been afforded the Liverpool FC experience by way of the Standard Chartered Trophy – ‘The Road to Anfield’. The experience leverages on the bank’s sponsorship of Liverpool FC to afford an indelible and memorable experience to soccer enthusiasts and clients within its global footprint. Standard Chartered Sri Lanka is elated that one of its clients, Expolanka, will take the ‘Road to Anfield’ in the debut outing of the event in this country.
Expolanka emerged victors at a Futsal tournament hosted by Standard Chartered last month which featured teams from MAS Intimates, KPMG, MAS Capital, MAS Linea Aqua, MAS Legato, Walkers Tours, WNS, Hirdramani, Hemas, SGIT, Courtaulds and Expolanka as well as teams from Standard Chartered and Go Forward, with referees and officials from the Football Federation of Sri Lanka officiating (FFSL).
