Mizoram virtually sealed a semi-final berth with a 2-1 win against Punjab while Karnataka too remained in the hunt beating Odisha by an identical scoreline in the National Football Championship for the 72nd Santosh Trophy here today.
The North-Eastern outfit now have three wins from as many matches to be on nine points to lead group B, followed by Karnataka, who have six points from two matches.
Mizoram had a rousing start to the contest at the Howrah Stadium with Lal Remruata scoring two back to back goals in space of two minutes
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