Joseph decosta

National Football Championship Tier: Haryana and Assam made the final of the Sub Junior Boys’ National Football Championship Tier 2 with wins over Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, respectively, on Wednesday.

In the semifinals played at Jorhat Stadium, while Haryana survived by the skin of their teeth to pip Himachal 2-1 in an extended battle of 120 minutes, hosts Assam made short work of Rajasthan winning 3-0.

In the Haryana versus Himachal Pradesh encounter, the former owe it striker Rajeev Kapoor, who struck twice to rescue his team. Himachal took the lead in the 45+2 minute through Harshit Jaswal and held it till the 90th minute before Kapoor restored parity off a penalty kick to take the matter to extra time.