Kerala Scores 23 goals on Onam Day to register second win in 61st Subroto Cup International Football tournament , Uttar Pradesh and Assam Schools to fight it out in the decider
Khel Today Bureau
New Delhi: NNMHSS, Chelembra, Kerala, scored 23 goals on Onam Day against St. Francis Xavier High School, Daman & Diu, to register their second win of the 61st Subroto Cup International Football tournament. Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Lucknow, Mingmang Nalbari High School, Assam and Govt. Chawngfianga Middle School, Mizoram, also registered their second wins in their respective pools to inch closer towards a place in the quarter finals, on match day three of the Boys Under-14 group stage games being played here across four different locations.
Jijin PP scored six goals for the Kerala team while Mohammed Jishan and Aman Mohammed scored five each. Jaizal P also scored a hat-trick while Abhinay PS and Wasim Mustafa scored a brace of goals each to complete a dominant performance in the Pool H clash. In the other match of the pool Sainik School, Imphal, beat Pathways School, Noida 8 – 0.
Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh beat Kamala Devi Public School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 2 – 1 to register their second win on the trot while Mingmang Nalbari High School, Assam beat Kendriya Vidyalaya, Imphal, by a solitary goal, thereby also making it two wins out of two in Pool E. That makes their clash tomorrow the decider for the pool topper’s position. There are a total of eight pools and one top team from each qualify for the quarter-finals.
Govt. Chawngfianga Middle School, Mizoram beat Zinc Football Academy, Rajasthan, 2 – 1, to also register their second win of the tournament in a Pool B match. In Pool A, National Cadet Corps (NCC) beat Sankar International School, Fathehabad 2- 0 and Govt. Model High School, Sector 36, Chandigarh, beat Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 1 – 0 to register their first wins in the tournament.
