Santosh Trophy: Goa and Assam performed out a 3-3 draw. (X)
Services topped Group A with 10 factors to their identify with a 1-1 draw towards Kerala, whereas Goa and Assam performed out an entertaining 3-3 draw. Services, Goa, Kerala (8 factors) and Assam (7) took the highest 4 spots in Group A to make the final eight.
Services bounced again to maintain Kerala 1-1 to storm into the Santosh Trophy quarterfinals by topping Group A on Friday.
Six-time champions Services completed their group assignments with 10 factors, one away from Goa, who drew with Assam 3-3 in one other fixture.
Services, Goa, Kerala (8 factors) and Assam (7) took the highest 4 spots in Group A to make the final eight.
Seven-time champions Kerala took the lead within the twenty second minute off a nook kick.
Kerala skipper Arjun V lobbed the ball diagonally on the far nook and Sajeesh E accomplished the job with a neat header to put them forward.
Services have been fast to press arduous and eventually discovered the equaliser within the first half damage time (45+4′) via Samir Murmu, who to this point has scored 9 objectives within the present version.
In one other match, Goa rode on objectives from Lloyd Cardozo (3′), Delton Colaco (12′), and Joshua D’Silva (89′) to maintain Assam in a six-aim thriller.
For Assam, Pragyan Sundar Gogoi (27′), Sudeepta Konwar (45+third) and Milan Basumatary (56′) struck one aim every.