Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
Kolkata, July 19 2010:
Punjab brightened their chances of making the pre-quarterfinal of the 64th Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy after scoring a 1-0 win over Nagaland on Sunday.
In a cluster III match at Khardah Stadium, Punjab scored the only goal through Balwant Singh in the ninth minute and thwarted Nagaland's challenge for the remainder of the match to record their second consecutive win.
Having received a 0-7 humiliation against Punjab in their opening encounter, Puducherry dished out a better performance to beat Gujarat 2-1 at Barasat Stadium.
But the win is not enough for Puducherry with Punjab almost making the last 16 stage.
In a cluster IV match, Rahul Gurjar scored a late goal in the 83rd minute to help Rajasthan come back from their opening match humiliation and beat Jammu and Kashmir at Howrah Stadium.
Rajasthan were trounced 13-0 by Manipur in their previous match.