<p>Karnataka went down to West Bengal 0-1 in their opening Group D quarterfinal league match in the 67th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Navin Hela scored the winner in the 30th minute. <br /><br />Karnataka, who had come into the quarterfinal league after an all-win record, struggled to get going against an inspired Bengal. The strike force of S Rajesh and V Stephen, who between them scored 15 goals in the group phase, were kept on a tight leash by the Bengal defenders. <br /><br />Bengal had scraped through to the quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Delhi and a goalless draw against Railways. However, they raised the level of play on the day. <br /><br />Navin scored the all-important goal off a corner. The ball came off a defender and the 21-year-old slotted in past Karnataka custodian Sharat Narayan.<br /><br />Punjab blanked Manipur 3-0 in another Group D game. Rohit put Punjab ahead in the eighth minute. Bali Sarandeep doubled the lead in the 34th minute, while captain Sukhjeet Singh completed the tally in the 74th minute.<br /><br />Punjab take on Bengal and Karnataka clash with Manipur on Monday.<br />Defending champions Services were held to a goalless draw by Railways in a Group A tie in Kochi while Odisha edged out Madhya Pradesh 3-2. Abhimanyu Pandey (62nd), Mohd Ezhan (79th) and Sanjeeb Panna (90th) scored for Odisha while Furba (72nd) and Javed (82nd) struck for MP.</p>
<p>Karnataka went down to West Bengal 0-1 in their opening Group D quarterfinal league match in the 67th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Navin Hela scored the winner in the 30th minute. <br /><br />Karnataka, who had come into the quarterfinal league after an all-win record, struggled to get going against an inspired Bengal. The strike force of S Rajesh and V Stephen, who between them scored 15 goals in the group phase, were kept on a tight leash by the Bengal defenders. <br /><br />Bengal had scraped through to the quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Delhi and a goalless draw against Railways. However, they raised the level of play on the day. <br /><br />Navin scored the all-important goal off a corner. The ball came off a defender and the 21-year-old slotted in past Karnataka custodian Sharat Narayan.<br /><br />Punjab blanked Manipur 3-0 in another Group D game. Rohit put Punjab ahead in the eighth minute. Bali Sarandeep doubled the lead in the 34th minute, while captain Sukhjeet Singh completed the tally in the 74th minute.<br /><br />Punjab take on Bengal and Karnataka clash with Manipur on Monday.<br />Defending champions Services were held to a goalless draw by Railways in a Group A tie in Kochi while Odisha edged out Madhya Pradesh 3-2. Abhimanyu Pandey (62nd), Mohd Ezhan (79th) and Sanjeeb Panna (90th) scored for Odisha while Furba (72nd) and Javed (82nd) struck for MP.</p>
