Karnataka wallops Rajasthan in the U-21 Nationals

Karnataka registered a convincing win against Rajasthan in their first encounter in the M. Dutta Roy Trophy, the 19th U-21 National Football Championship.

Karnataka captain Gopi scored the first goal in the injury time of the first half. After changing ends, team displayed much better chemistry, and pumped-in 4 more goals. Karthigayan (HAL), Karunakaran (ASC), V. Vinodh Kumar (RWF), and Gopi (HAL) scored a goal each in the second half.

Karnataka meets Punjab for their next match on Monday, February 15.

Match results

Garhi Harsaru, Gurgaon
Karnataka 4 (Gopi- 45+1’ and 75’, Kartigeyan 50', Karunakaran 58’, and V. Vinodh Kumar 63’) beat Rajasthan 0
Madhya Pradesh 6 () beat Pondicherry 1

Faridabad
West Bengal 4 beat Chandigarh 1
Jharkhand 3 beat Uttarakhand 0
Andhra Pradesh 2 beat Mizoram 0