Manipur opens campaign with win, Bengal dissapointed
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Cuttak: Manipur, last year runners-up, opened its campaign with a narrow margin win in its opening quarterfinal league Group Bmatch of the 66th National Football Championship for Santosh trophy at Bhubaneshwar, Odhissa on Friday.
In its opening match of the campaign, Manipur was against Meghalaya, the winner of Cluster-III in the preliminary round .
In its opening match of the campaign, Manipur was against Meghalaya, the winner of Cluster-III in the preliminary round .
After both the teams were blanked in the first 45minutes of the play , L. Nabachandra gave the team lead at the 62nd minute in the second session. It was huge moral boost for the team and they started to dominate the game.
In its next match Manipur will play against Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
Defending champions Bengal were stunned 1-2 by Maharashtra in their opening quarterfinal league Group A game of the 66th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Barabati Stadium here today.
Approaching the match as clear favourites having won the last two editions of the tournament in Kolkata and Guwahati, Bengal received a rude shock in their tournament opener.
Maharashtra scored through Kailas Patel (20th minute) minute and L Machndo (70th) to go 2-0 up before Bengal reduced the margin through T Ahmed a minute later.
Bengal were seeded in the quarters, while Maharashtra made the grade by emerging champions from Cluster IV of the pre-quarterfinals, where they beat Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The format of the Santosh Trophy has been altered this year with four groups of four teams each at the quarterfinal stage, with only the group toppers progressing to the semifinals.
Approaching the match as clear favourites having won the last two editions of the tournament in Kolkata and Guwahati, Bengal received a rude shock in their tournament opener.
Maharashtra scored through Kailas Patel (20th minute) minute and L Machndo (70th) to go 2-0 up before Bengal reduced the margin through T Ahmed a minute later.
Bengal were seeded in the quarters, while Maharashtra made the grade by emerging champions from Cluster IV of the pre-quarterfinals, where they beat Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The format of the Santosh Trophy has been altered this year with four groups of four teams each at the quarterfinal stage, with only the group toppers progressing to the semifinals.
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