Kerala produced a dominant present to beat host Arunachal Pradesh 2-0 in a last stage Group A league match of the 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy on the Golden Jubilee Stadium, Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh on February 28.
Forward Muhammed Ashiq S and substitute Arjun V discovered the goal as soon as in every half to safe the complete quota of factors for Kerala, which secured a knock-out quarterfinal berth with the outcome. This was the second win in 4 matches for Kerala, which tallied seven factors and remained within the third spot after the penultimate spherical of the group league motion. Arunachal Pradesh remained on the backside of the desk with only one level and crashed out of the competitors.
Kerala, the champion within the 2021-22 season, noticed its quarterfinal berth confirmed after Goa held final 12 months’s runner-up Meghalaya to a goalless draw within the last match of the day. Goa tallied eight factors from two wins and as many attracts to stay within the second place whereas it was the top of the street for Meghalaya which has simply two factors from 4 matches. Earlier within the day, Services picked up its third win by beating Assam 2-0 and tallied 9 factors to stay on the prime of the group league standings.
Assam, which has two wins in 4 matches, remained on the fourth spot with six factors and in addition certified. The prime 4 groups from every group will progress to the quarterfinals. The last group league positions will likely be determined after the fifth and last spherical’s motion on March 1.
The outcomes:
Group A (spherical 4):
Kerala 2 (Muhammed Ashiq S. 35, Arjun V. 52) bt Arunachal Pradesh 0.
Services 2 (T. Bidhyasagar Singh 44, Christopher Kamei 50) bt Assam 0.Â
Goa 0 drew with Meghalaya 0.
