Services got here up with a assured efficiency to down Uttarakhand 4-1 in its final group-E outing of the 77th Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, at the GNDU Sports Complex, Amritsar on Tuesday. With this win Services claimed the prime spot in the group standings with an all win file. Mizoram took the second spot in the group league standings by trouncing Pondicherry 6-0.
The consequence helped Services web the full 15 factors from 5 wins. It joined the different group league winners — Goa, Delhi, Manipur, Assam and Maharashtra — in the final round — the dates of that are but to be introduced — which will likely be performed in the Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar.
The six group league winner joined holder Karnataka, final yr’s runner-up Meghalaya and host Arunachal, which secured an automated qualification to the final stage earlier.
The three finest group league runners-up — Mizoram, Kerala and Railways — additionally moved to the final stage, which will likely be performed in a 12-team format. The final round, which may have the 12 groups divided in two teams, will see one other section of group league matches from the place the finest two groups of every group will progress to the semifinals.
The outcomes: Group E: Services 4 (Bikash Thapa 30, 75, Samir Murmu 41, 66) bt Uttarakhand 1 (Ayush Bisht 48); Mizoram 6 (Lalkhawpuimawia 16, 87, Pc Lallawmkima 72, 77, 83, Lalrinchhana Tochhawg 90+5) bt Puducherry 0; Sikkim 2 (Basil Limboo 13, Ong Tshering Lepcha 25) bt Daman and Diu 1 (Sagar Shekhar Powar 10).
