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kerala will play against bengal in the semifinal of the santhosh trophy football. in the last match kerala has defeated karnataka for 2-1.
Ten-man Kerala fired a late winner to score a 2-1 victory against Karnataka and book a semi-final berth in the Santosh Trophy national football competition.
Kerala, seeking their sixth title triumph, showed true character in making to the last four as they had to play the last quarter of an hour with only 10 men.
K S Joby and Xavier Vijay Kumar found the net for Kerala and Karnataka respectively before N P Pradeep secured the points in the match, also marked by two freak goals which were a result of errors from the custodians.
Karnataka, who were out of contention for a berth in the last four after losing their first two encounters, gave a much better display and were in fact the better team in the opening exchanges.
They had an opportunity in the eighth minute when neat approach play from Xavier resulted in D Raju finding the time and space to shoot, but his weak attempt was easily held by Kerala keeper Jean Christian.
Einstein Abraham Manual was another lively player for Karnataka who repeatedly got behind the opposition defense.
However, Kerala took the lead in the 16th minute when Karnataka keeper N Venkatesh (Senior) misread the flight of a speculative cross from Joby and came off his line to collect it. To his horror, the ball swerved in and went into the net without any further touch
Ten-man Kerala fired a late winner to score a 2-1 victory against Karnataka and book a semi-final berth in the Santosh Trophy national football competition.
Kerala, seeking their sixth title triumph, showed true character in making to the last four as they had to play the last quarter of an hour with only 10 men.
K S Joby and Xavier Vijay Kumar found the net for Kerala and Karnataka respectively before N P Pradeep secured the points in the match, also marked by two freak goals which were a result of errors from the custodians.
Karnataka, who were out of contention for a berth in the last four after losing their first two encounters, gave a much better display and were in fact the better team in the opening exchanges.
They had an opportunity in the eighth minute when neat approach play from Xavier resulted in D Raju finding the time and space to shoot, but his weak attempt was easily held by Kerala keeper Jean Christian.
Einstein Abraham Manual was another lively player for Karnataka who repeatedly got behind the opposition defense.
However, Kerala took the lead in the 16th minute when Karnataka keeper N Venkatesh (Senior) misread the flight of a speculative cross from Joby and came off his line to collect it. To his horror, the ball swerved in and went into the net without any further touch
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