Goa made it to the semifinals of the 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy by prevailing over a gritty Delhi within the second quarterfinal of the day on the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh on Monday.
All three objectives got here off corners within the first half, the place Delhi took the lead early within the eighth minute off a Sahil Kumar header. Jobern Cardozo produced the equaliser within the twentieth minute earlier than Lloyd Cardozo discovered the web from one other nook to seal the victory for Goa.
The five-time champion will now meet the winner of the third quarterfinal between Manipur and Assam, which will probably be performed on Tuesday.
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Earlier, six-time champion Services put up a commanding show to beat three-time champion Railways 2-0 within the first quarterfinal motion of the day.
Both objectives got here within the first half. Services took the lead via a penalty transformed by Shafeel P.P. within the ninth minute earlier than Samir Mumru produced the insurance coverage objective in injury-time. Services will meet the winner of the fourth quarterfinal between Kerala and Mizoram (the second match on Tuesday).
Results
Quarterfinal 1: Services 2 (Shafeel P.P. 9-pen, Samir Murmu 45+1) bt Railways 0.
Quarterfinal 2: Goa 2 (Jobern Cardozo 20, Lloyd Cardozo 29) bt Delhi 1 (Sahil Kumar 8).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com