![Kerala’s Vishak Mohanan (yellow), who scored the team’s opening goal, attempts a header against Maharashtra on Tuesday. Kerala’s Vishak Mohanan (yellow), who scored the team’s opening goal, attempts a header against Maharashtra on Tuesday.](https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png)
Kerala’s Vishak Mohanan (yellow), who scored the staff’s opening aim, makes an attempt a header in opposition to Maharashtra on Tuesday.
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![Kerala’s Ameen Palakkathodi (yellow, No. 24) attempts a shot against Maharashtra. Kerala’s Ameen Palakkathodi (yellow, No. 24) attempts a shot against Maharashtra.](https://th-i.thgim.com/public/sport/fzu46w/article66509276.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Kerala%27s%20Ameen%20Palakkathodi%20%28yellow%2C%20No.%2024%29%20attempts%20a%20shot%20against%20Maharashtra%20in%20the%2076th%20Santosh%20Trophy%20National%20football%20in%20Bhubaneswar%20on%20Tuesday.jpg)
Kerala’s Ameen Palakkathodi (yellow, No. 24) makes an attempt a shot in opposition to Maharashtra.
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Down 1-4 within the sixty fifth minute, defending champion Kerala made a shocking comeback and compelled Maharashtra to a 4-4 attract a Group ‘A’ match of the 76th Santosh Trophy National soccer championship in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Kerala struck three targets in a 11-minute spell shortly after that, and one in every of them, scored by V. Arjun, who neatly danced previous two defenders and despatched the ball in with a left-footer from simply exterior the field, was a magnificence.
Kerala is presently within the fourth spot (4 factors from three video games) within the group whereas Punjab, which defeated host Odisha 2-1 with two late targets, is on high together with Karnataka (each with seven factors from three matches).
Karnataka blanked Goa 2-0 for its second win within the six-team group.
The outcomes:
Group A: Kerala (Vishak Mohanan 38, Nijo Gilbert 66-p, V. Arjun 70, John Paul Jose 77) drew with Maharashtra 4 (Sufiyan Shaikh 17, Himanshu Patil 20, Sumit Bhandari 34, Tejas Raut 42).
Punjab 2 (Jang Bahadur Singh 75, Kamaldeep 82) bt Odisha 1 (Anand Oram 90+3).
Karnataka 2 (Jacob John Kattookaren 33, Abhishekh Shankar Powar 50) bt Goa 0.
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