Former champions Services finished on top of Group A in the Santosh
Trophy on Friday, at the Golden Jubilee Stadium after they drew 1-1 with Kerala.
While Services finished with 10 points from five matches in the six-team group, Kerala completed their engagements with eight points.
Both goals in the match came in the first half. Kerala took the lead in the 22nd minute off a corner kick. Kerala skipper Arjun V lobbed the ball diagonally at the far corner and Sajeesh E completed
the job with a neat header.
Services were quick to press hard and finally found the equaliser just before halftime in the 45+4 minute through Samir Murmu, who so far has scored nine goals in the current edition.
The second place in Group A went to Goa after they drew 3-3 with Assam. While Delton Colaco, Lloyd Cardozo and Joshua D’Silva scored for Goa Pragyan Sundar, Sudeepta Konwar and Milan Basumatary found the goals for Assam.All four teams—Services, Goa, Kerala and Assam—have already qualified for the quarter-finals.
