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Santosh Trophy Final: Kerala beat West Bengal in penalty shoot-out — Highlights
The 32-time champions, West Bengal to play against hosts Kerala in the 75th NFC for Santosh Trophy Final. Follow our LIVE blog for all updates.
Kerala take on West Bengal in Santosh Trophy Final (Source: Indian Football Team/Twitter)
Kerala were crowned the champions of the 75th Santosh Trophy after they beat West Bengal in the final following a nail-biting match that went on to the penalty shoot-outs at the Manjeri Payyanad Stadium in Malappuram, Kerala.
With both teams ending the 90 minutes action into a goalless draw, the match headed into the extra time. Dilip Orawn put West Bengal ahead in the first half of the extra time with a sublime header, only to be equalised by Kerala's Bibin in the second half of the extra time, who also delivered a flying header past the West Bengal goalie.
The match, levelled at 1-1 headed to the shoot-outs where the hosts sealed the game by 5-4.
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- 2 May 2022 3:14 PM GMT
44' Arjun Jayaraj with another free-kick from close to the centre line. Priyant Singh was alert and catches the ball safely.
- 2 May 2022 3:10 PM GMT
37' SAVE!
Mohitosh Roy barges in from the left and dribbles past the Kerala defence to shoot on target. Midhun saves the day.
- 2 May 2022 3:09 PM GMT
38' Substitute!
Here comes the danger man, who scored 5 goals in the semifinal. Jesin comes in for Kerala replacing Viknesh.
- 2 May 2022 3:07 PM GMT
35' What a sensational stop by Priyant. Shaheef chips the ball in from a perfect angle that had a goal written on it. But Priyant jumped brilliantly to keep it out of danger. What a man!
- 2 May 2022 3:05 PM GMT
33'
Kerala attacks on the counter and the final shot is off-target. What a miss by Bino George's side that!
- 2 May 2022 3:01 PM GMT
29' Cross!
Soyal Joshy barges in with max speed from the right and delivers a cross but Priyant is again available with his safe hands. He is showing some another form in this tournament.
It's been an entertaining affair so far.
Kerala 0-0 West Bengal
- 2 May 2022 2:55 PM GMT
22' Chance!
Kerala 0-0 West Bengal
Dilip Orawn produced a brilliant cross throbbing from the left. Mahitosh Roy only needed a good touch to finish but it somehow went wide. West Bengal miss another opportunity here.
- 2 May 2022 2:49 PM GMT
18' Free kick for Kerala
Jijo Joseph takes the shot from a distance of about 30 yards but lands it straight into Priyant Singh's hand.
- 2 May 2022 2:48 PM GMT
17' Bengal is playing a good brand of pressing football. Ranjan Bhattacharjee has taught his team well and it looks like they are desperate to avenge their loss in the group stages. But nothing to separate the two teams in terms of goals.
