Karnataka play Services tomorrow in a decisive encounter

State boys take on the strong Services team in their final match tomorrow 4 pm Bangalore Football Stadium. Both teams are on same point after two wins. Karnataka is better on goal difference (+7) than their opponent (+4). Services, in their last match against Telengana, were stretched till the last minute. 

Only one team from each group will qualify for the Santosh Trophy final round.  Should the match ends in a stalemate, Karnataka would qualify by virtue of better goal difference. 

Coach Muralidharan is not ready to bank on the advantage of goal difference. Playing for a draw is always risky, we will go for straight win. 

State team created several chances in their last game, however missed scoring opportunities on most of the occasion. Something that will worry coach. 

Karnataka take on Pondicherry today

Karnataka take on Pondicherry today 1:15 pm at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Though Pondicherry lost 4-1 to Services in their first match, they looked a better team, much better than Karnataka’s opponent on the first day, Telengana. 

Coach and former ITI player, Muralidharan admitted his team became very casual after scoring two early goals, but kept up after changing ends. However, sounded wary about not enough conversion and missing out on sitters. Something that he’s needs to work during practice. 

He reckons that a long camp of 45 days have helped his team to combine well, “Our main threat is Services, which will be a 50-50 match.”

Bangalore to host Santosh qualifiers, BDFA league postponed until January

The ongoing BDFA Super and A Division league matches have been postponed from tomorrow, Nov 30 till January 10 next year owing to Santhosh Trophy South Zone qualifiers, which will be held in Bangalore at the football stadium in the first week of January. 

The state football association will be conducting training camp from next week onward at the same venue for the Santhosh preparation. 

Vignesh to lead Karnataka in Santosh Trophy

The selectors today declared the team for the South Zone qualifying round for 71st senior national football championship, Santosh Trophy, to be held at Calicut, Kerala from January 5 to 9. The team will leave today night. 

Team 
Nikhil (Ozone FCB), Thomas (Dharwad Dist); Srikanth (Ozone FCB), Arun Pondey (Ozone FCB), Vivekananda (Ozone FCB), Anup (Ozone FCB), John Peter (South United), Anto (South United), Shanthosh Kumar (South United FC), Karthik (Ozone FCB), Solaimalai (South United- Vice Captain), Senthil Kumar (South United), Vignesh G (Ozone FCB-Captain), Amose, Vignesh D (Ozone FCB), Shelton (Ozone FCB), Magesh (South United), Subhash (South United); Anto Xavier (Ozone FCB), Akshay (Ozone FCB), Ranjan (South United), Raymond (South United), Shashwath M (Mysore Dist.) 

Standbye 
Sunil (Shimoga Dist.), Shashi Kumar (Dharwad Dist), AD Kumar (Income Tax), Manivannan (South United) 

Coach - Santhosh Kiran, Nickson
Manager - Md. Imtiyaz