Services defender Zothanpuia (No. 5, left) plucks the ball away from Kerala ahead M.A. Suhail in the boys’s football semifinal of the National Games in Fatorda on Monday. Photo: Special association
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Services and Manipur posted contrasting wins and entered the boys’s football final of the 37th National Games right here on Monday. The final might be performed on Wednesday.
Services defeated Kerala 4-2 whereas Manipur beat Punjab 2-1 in the semifinals.
Nijo Gilbert, who scored off a penalty, gave Kerala the lead in the twenty seventh minute. But Services equalised via Rahul Ramakrishnan early in the second half and Christopher Kemei and Bikash Thapa added two extra. In between, G. Sanju G decreased the margin for Kerala.
In the opposite semifinal, Manipur raced to a 2-0 lead at half time with objectives from Phijam Sanathoi Metei and Leimajam Sangkar Singh however Punjab, which scored via Abhishek Rattu, made it tight in the second half.
