Tamil Nadu, Manipur enter Santosh Trophy final rounds with unbeaten records
The HinduTamil Nadu and Manipur kept their perfect records and made the final rounds of the 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy on Tuesday. In their concluding Group G match at the RDT Stadium here, Tamil Nadu dished out a strong second half display to defeat host Andhra Pradesh 8-0. Tamil Nadu found it difficult to break the rival defence and could only score its first goal during the add-on time of the first session through Lijo K. But Andhra Pradesh couldn’t repeat its show in the next 45 minutes and Tamil Nadu pumped in seven more goals to make it a rout. Manipur sail through from Group D In Agartala, Manipur expectedly made the cut for the final rounds with nine points from three matches in Group D. In its last group game at the Umakanta Mini Stadium, it beat host Tripura 2-0.