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Kerala beat defending Champions Bengal to win Hero Santosh Trophy

Kerala beat defending Champions Bengal to win Hero Santosh Trophy

Kolkata, Apr 1 (UNI) Kerala defeated defending Champions Bengal 4-2 on penalties after
the full-time scoreline read 2-2 to win the 72nd Hero Santosh Trophy at the Vivekananda
Yuvabharati Krirangan in the city on Sunday.
Jithin MS scored in the 19th minute for Kerala while Jiten Murmu drew level in the 68th
minute. In extra time, Vibin Thomas first found the net in the 117th minute after Rajon
Burman was sent off. Tirthankar scored late into injury time for Bengal to take the game
to penalties where Kerala emerged eventual victors.
Bengal were on the attack from the early minutes of the match. Tirthankar Sarkar had
two freekick chances from the left side of the area within the first six minutes. While the
first one was duly cleared by the Kerala wall, left-back Sreerag G pulled off a goal-line
clearance from Monotosh Chakladar’s shot after goalkeeper Midhun V parried it away.
However, it was Kerala who broke the deadlock against the run of play. Jithin Gopalan
intercepted a ball in the centre of the park and found Seesan S close by. He then showed
some great vision to release Jithin MS on the run. Bengal’s left-back, Abhishek Mukherjee
was off his position and with Sourav Dasgupta failing to track the winger, Jithin MS brought
up his fifth goal of the tournament by slotting home through goalkeeper Ranajit Majumder’s
gates.
All attempts of a comeback from Bengal were thwarted by the southern side. Monotosh
Chakladar attempted a header from a set-piece in the 25th minute but went straight to
Midhun. Skipper Jiten Murmu tried his luck after the half-hour mark from range but the ball
went over the bar.
Afdal VK on the other hand tried to show some trickery in the opposing box but his final
shot was poor and wide off target. Tirthankar Sarkar continued to deliver dangerous and
powerful freekicks, all of which were defended well by a solid Kerala defence.
Injury time in the first half threw some excitement. First, Bidyashagar Singh ran in and
forced a corner after Lijo S deflected his shot. The ensuing flag-kick was cleared and
Rahul KP initiated a counter-attack. Anurag PC ran with the ball close to 50 yards and
triggered Jithin MS on the right.
Ranajit thankfully got a touch to his cross which resulted in Afdal VK losing his
momentum and the striker took a hard fall in front of an empty net as his shot went over.
Kerala led at half-time by a solitary goal to nil.
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