Sports News | Haryana Blank Maharashtra 4-0 in Senior Women's Football Championship
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Haryana scored two late goals to complete a commanding 4-0 win over Maharashtra in their second round Group B match of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, here.
Amritsar, Jun 19 (PTI) Haryana scored two late goals to complete a commanding 4-0 win over Maharashtra in their second round Group B match of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, here.
In their previous match, Maharashtra had lost to Manipur 1-3.
Renu Rani scored one goal on either side of half-time to put Haryana on their way to a big victory, which was completed by two more goals in the second half at the Guru Nanak Dev University Ground here on Sunday.
Renu scored the opening goal in the 34th minute when she beat Maharashtra goalkeeper Anjali Barke, and doubled the lead with another fine strike after the resumption of the play in the second half.
Santosh S managed to convert a penalty awarded to Haryana in the 85th minute and, in the stoppage time, Ritu piled further misery on their opponents with the fourth and final goal of the contest.
On their part, Maharashtra fought hard but failed to convert any of their chances.
In other group games, Railways produced a dominant show to crush Himachal Pradesh 7-1, while Manipur clinched their second win on the trot, beating West Bengal 3-2.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)