NCC from North Eastern Region defeated Mata Rukmani Kanya Ashram (Chhattisgarh) 3-0 while Carmel Girls High School (Jharkhand) downed St Augustine High School (Maharashtra) 3-0 in the Under-17 Girls section as the two teams entered the quarterfinals of the 55th Subroto Football Tournament here today.
In the first quarterfinal to be played on October 1, Jharkhand will take on NCC and in the second it will be between Meghalaya and Haryana.
The NCC team brooked no challenge from Mata Rukmani as the latter's girls were more keen on guarding their citadel than attempting to score against their NCC rivals at the NWC ground.
On the other hand, NCC pressed hard right from the word go and the thrust provided enabled them strike as early as in the sixth minute through S. Teji Bala. Three minutes later, it was Baby Sana who increased the lead before the teams went for break. After changing ends, Teji Bala netted a goal seven minutes from end to seal the fate of Chhattisgarh.
Similarly, the Carmel school girls too did not face any resistance from their Maharashtra opponents. In fact, the Jharkhand girls took things rather easily and toyed with their rivals in a manner that they could strike at will.
Nevertheless, they had to wait for their first goal until the 17th minute when Mamta Kumari found the net. Ten minutes later she completed her brace.
In the second half the Carmel girls could strike only once through Sandhya who made most of a cross from the right in the 48 th minute. For the remaining period, the teams played for time even as Maharashtra waited for the ordeal to come to an end.
