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| 65th Santosh Trophy: Semifinalists finalised | Top |
| The quarterfinal league in the 65th Santosh Trophy finished yesterday with the four teams - Manipur, Railways, West Bengal, Services - now known who have qualified for the semifinals which will be played over the next couple of days. The 65th edition of the Santosh Trophy is being held from May 6 to 30 across Assam in the seven cities of Guwahati, Nagaon, Mangaldoi, Tinsukia, Shivsagar, Kokrajhar and Bongalgaon, but since the quarterfinal league the tournament is being held only in the capital Guwahati. Group A saw former champions Manipur topping the group with two wins and a draw, while defending champions West Bengal came through with four points, but Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh were eliminated with only three points. Group B was a much more interesting affair, then Railways went through with an all win record, but the three other sides Services, Punjab and Goa all finished with two points from two draws and a loss. But Services were the lucky side as they had the same goal difference with Punjab, but had scored a couple of more goals. But there isn't much of a buzz surrounding this edition of the Santosh Trophy with the I-League and the second Division I-League keeping the best players away from the tournament. And this seems to have hit the traditional power houses of Indian football hard, while Railways and Services could draw on the players on their payroll and build strong teams to challenge the best states in the country. For the semifinals and final the AIFF has been able to rope in DD Sports, who will be showing the matches live from 17.30 IST onwards. Quarterfinal League Group A #- Team-------- P W-D-L GF-GA GDF PTS 1. Manipur----- 3 2-1-0 06-02 +04 07 2. West Bengal- 3 1-1-1 07-05 +02 04 3. Tamil Nadu-- 3 1-0-2 05-06 -01 03 4. Chhattisgarh 3 1-0-2 04-09 -05 03 17-May-2011: West Bengal 4-1 Chhattisgarh 17-May-2011: Tamil Nadu 1-2 Manipur 19-May-2011: Chhattisgarh 3-2 Tamil Nadu 19-May-2011: Manipur 2-2 West Bengal 21-May-2011: Chhattisgarh 0-3 Manipur 21-May-2011: West Bengal 1-2 Tamil Nadu Group B #- Team-------- P W-D-L GF-GA GDF PTS 1. Railways---- 3 3-0-0 07-02 +05 09 2. Services---- 3 0-2-1 06-07 -01 02 3. Punjab------ 3 0-2-1 04-05 -01 02 4. Goa--------- 3 0-2-1 04-07 -03 02 20-May-2011: Punjab 2-2 Services 20-May-2011: Goa 0-3 Railways 22-May-2011: Services 3-3 Goa 22-May-2011: Railways 2-1 Punjab 24-May-2011: Services 1-2 Railways 24-May-2011: Punjab 1-1 Goa Semifinals 26-May-2011: Manipur - Services (17.30 IST) 27-May-2011: Railways - West Bengal (17.30 IST) Final 30-May-2011: Winner SF1 - Winner SF2 | |
| AFC Cup: Dempo lose to Duhok, are now out | Top |
| I-League champions Dempo SC are out of the 2011 AFC Cup after they 0-1 loss in their one-off pre-quarterfinal match against Duhok SC in Iraq earlier today. With Dempo out it ends Indian participation in the continental competition following East Bengal not surviving the group stage. It was a rather boring encounter between the two sides with tons of aimless football, the ball going wide and the defences able to intercept. Such a match was due the fact that both sides knew very little about each other, so both sides took a rather defensive approach. Dempo were the more defensive of the two sides and allowed Duhok to build-up on a number of occasions. One such build-up was stopped by Valeriano Rebello by a foul just outside the box which resulted in a free-kick. Duhok's Khaled Musher Ismail would score the only goal of the match in the 19th minute with a nicely placed shot into the far corner of the net. Dempo thereafter did try to create chances, but it just wasn't their day as they once had one shot close to target of Joaquim Abranches while goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani had to come to Dempo's rescue a few times. After the break Armando Colaco changed his strategy by pulling Kalu back into defence while Micky Fernandes took his place in midfield, but though Dempo looked better they simply didn't look like they wanted to score and win the game. Ranty Martins Soleye did have a couple of chances but they were wide, while Duhok also weren't that threatening though they continued to have more from the game. One can only hope Dempo SC was resting itself for the hectic week ahead in the I-League with three matches in six days, then they can still win the I-League title. DEMPO SC 33-Laxmikant Kattimani; 18-Valeriano Rebello, 5-Marcus Peixito (46' 20-Micky Fernandes), 24-Samieinia Rouhollah, 16-Samir Naik; 17-Joaquim Abranches, 6-Peter Carvalho, 8-Climax Lawrence, 12-Ogba Kalu Nnanna, 15-Clifford Miranda; 9-Ranty Martins Soleye | |
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