Haryana suffer second successive defeat

CHANDIGARH: Haryana suffered their second successive defeat as they went down fighting to Orissa in Cluster II match of the 47th Junior National Under-19 Football Championship for Dr BC Roy Trophy at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata today.

Orissa registered their second victory running.

Uttrakhand continued their winning streak after beating Jharkhand by 3-1 at the East Bengal Ground. Uttrakhand had earlier beaten J and K by 5-0 in their opening encounter. Jharkhand have one win and one defeat to their credit from their two outings in cluster IV.

Jammu and Kashmir lost their second match as Arunachal Pradesh scored a 5-1 verdict in cluster IV outing at Salt Lake Stadium.

At the same venue, Maharashtra defeated Andhra Pradesh by 2-0 in cluster II programme. Maharashtra's registered their second successive win while AP have lost both their matches they have played so far.

Tomorrow, in their quest to clear their Cluster III and qualify for quarter-final league, Chandigarh will cross swords with Mizoram. Both teams have won both their matches. However, a draw will see Chandigarh through to quarter-final on the basis of better goal average. In two matches, Chandigarh have netted 13 goals and did not concede even a single goal. Mizoram have nine goals in favour and one against. Otherwise any team winning the match will qualify for quarter-final.