Santosh Trophy: Goa beat Kerala 2-0. (X, AIFF)
Goa moved to second place on the desk with 4 factors following their 2-0 win over Kerala. Services thrashed Arunachal Pradesh 4-0 with targets from Samir Murmu, Vijay J and a brace from Bikash Thapa within the second half. Meghalaya fell to their second straight defeat, shedding 1-2 to Assam.
Striker Necio Fernandes scored in both half as Goa defeated Kerala 2-0 of their second Group A match within the Santosh Trophy ultimate spherical right here on Friday.
The victory powered Goa to second place on the desk with 4 factors. Goa are two factors behind the desk-toppers Services, who defeated Arunachal Pradesh earlier within the day.
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Despite their 3-1 victory over Assam on the opening day, Kerala failed to construct on the success and dropped to the third place with three factors.
It was for the second time within the competitors that Goa obtained the higher of Kerala, having defeated them 1-0 in a bunch-stage match in Benaulim in October 2023.
Kerala made early strikes with Abdu Rahee hitting the put up with a header within the third minute whereas skipper Nijo Gilbert remained on the centre of the assault for his facet.
However, a hamstring damage within the twenty first minute noticed Gilbert being changed by Akbar Sidhique.
In the forty fourth minute, the ball fell in entrance of Fernandes, who solely had goalkeeper Sidharth R Nair to beat for the primary purpose.
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In the 58th minute, a ball from Shridharnath Gawas beat the Kerala offside lure and picked out Laximanrao Rane, who deceived Sidharth and handed the ball to Fernandes for the second purpose.
Services thrashed Arunachal Pradesh 4-0 with targets from Samir Murmu, Vijay J and a brace from Bikash Thapa within the second half.
Meghalaya fell to their second straight defeat, shedding 1-2 to Assam regardless of their opponents lowered to 10 males.
Milan Basumatary and Joydeep Gogoi scored for Assam whereas Sheen Stevenson Sohktung pulled one again for Meghalaya.
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