NEW DELHI, Sept 25 (PTI): Prathap scored two goals in two minutes to help The Sports Hostel, Tamil Nadu beat Krida Prabodhini, Maharashtra 2-1 and book a quarterfinal berth in the Under-17 Subroto Cup Football tournament here today.
The Tamil Nadu team went into the Group VI encounter knowing well that a victory would mean that the other results in the group would have no bearing on their chances to qualify for the last eight stage.
Prathap ensured that the team was comfortably placed with twin strikes in 45thand 46th minute. In the other group game, Air Force Bal Bharti held Cardinal Heenan Catholic Sports College, UK to 1-1 draw.
In the day�s other matches, Steqlal High School, Afghanistan hammered Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh 8-0 to stay in hunt for a quarterfinal berth from Group VII, while Ukraine�s FC Dynamo Kyiv continued their dominance in Group VIII with a 5-0 thrashing of Modern School, New Delhi.
Little Angel Paradise English School, Manipur would take on MSP Higher Secondary School, Kerala in the first semifinal.
NEW DELHI, Sept 25 (PTI): Prathap scored two goals in two minutes to help The Sports Hostel, Tamil Nadu beat Krida Prabodhini, Maharashtra 2-1 and book a quarterfinal berth in the Under-17 Subroto Cup Football tournament here today.
The Tamil Nadu team went into the Group VI encounter knowing well that a victory would mean that the other results in the group would have no bearing on their chances to qualify for the last eight stage.
Prathap ensured that the team was comfortably placed with twin strikes in 45thand 46th minute. In the other group game, Air Force Bal Bharti held Cardinal Heenan Catholic Sports College, UK to 1-1 draw.
In the day�s other matches, Steqlal High School, Afghanistan hammered Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh 8-0 to stay in hunt for a quarterfinal berth from Group VII, while Ukraine�s FC Dynamo Kyiv continued their dominance in Group VIII with a 5-0 thrashing of Modern School, New Delhi.
Little Angel Paradise English School, Manipur would take on MSP Higher Secondary School, Kerala in the first semifinal.
