Rdt stadium

National Football Championship: Tamil Nadu made the final rounds of the 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy with an all-win record in the four-team Group G. In their concluding match at the RDT Stadium on Tuesday, they dished out a strong second half display to defeat hosts Andhra Pradesh 8-0.

The home side, who lost all their matches in the group, gave a committed performance in the first half. Tamil Nadu found it difficult to break the rival defence and could only score their first goal during the add-on time of the first session through Lijo K.

But Andhra Pradesh couldn’t repeat their show in the next 45 minutes and Tamil Nadu pumped in seven more goals to make it a rout. Lijo K added three to take his individual tally of goals to four in the match, followed by Nandha Kumar Ananthraj (2), Henry Joseph Immanuel and A Regan.