Final Up to date: February 10, 2023, 20:54 IST
Kerala Beat Goa 3-2 within the Santosh Trophy (Twitter)
Defending champions Kerala registered a 3-2 win over Goa, whereas hosts Odisha earned a 1-1 draw in opposition to Maharashtra. Karnataka and Punjab additionally shared the spoils following their 2-2 stalemate
Defending champions Kerala rode on a fortunate personal objective to safe a hard-fought 3-2 win over Goa of their group A Santosh Trophy match on Friday.
Having taken the lead, courtesy of a Nijo Gilbert penalty (twenty seventh minute), Kerala seemed in cruise management with Riswanali Edakkavil tapping in from shut vary off a nook (57th).
However in area of two minutes catastrophe struck as Goa pulled one again through a Mahammed Faheez penalty. Momentum quickly shifted with Faheez including a second within the 73rd minute.
Either side missed a flurry of possibilities within the closing 10 minutes earlier than Asif OM tapped into his personal web to provide Kerala a fortunate win.
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Hosts Odisha maintain Maharashtra 1-1
Buoyed by a vocal crowd on the Capital Soccer Area, hosts Odisha struck late within the second half to carry Maharashtra 1-1 in one other group A fixture.
Odisha began out stronger, controlling not simply possession but additionally creating possibilities aplenty in an all-action first half however failed to attain the opening objective.
Within the second-half Maharashtra made use of a bungled clearance with Armansh Ansari giving them the lead (57th) by scoring from shut vary.
Chandra Muduli cancelled out the lead within the 83rd minute.
Late comeback by Karnataka vs Punjab
Within the second afternoon sport, Punjab had been held to a 2-2 draw by a late Karnataka fightback.
After a goalless first half, Punjab struck twice in 4 minutes through Kamaldeep (sixty fifth) and Bipul Kala (69th).
Karnataka pulled one again within the 82nd minute through P Kamalesh whereas Robin Yadav struck the equaliser within the 90+third minute.
Twelve groups have been divided into two teams of six every and can play one another in a round-robin format.
The highest two groups from every group would be the first within the historical past of Santosh Trophy to play on international soil, as soon as they transfer to Riyadh for the semifinals and closing.
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