<p>Army Service Corps (ASC) stormed into the finals of the Puttaiah Memorial Cup, defeating Student Union 2-1 in an exciting semifinal match at the Bangalore Football Stadium here on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Goals from Rajib Deb (16th minute) and Ramachandran (70th minute) aided ASC’s cause while Nirmal’s goal off a penalty in the 39th minute kept Students in the game for a while.<br />The Armymen will face the winner of the second semifinal between Bengaluru FC and South United Wednesday.<br /><br />Enjoying superior possession in the early minutes of the game, ASC got close to opening the deadlock in the 13th minute when right-back Sudhir played a delightful through ball to set up Sunil Kumar. But Sunil couldn’t get past a determined Balaji, who swiflty got down to his right to gather the ball.<br /><br />ASC went ahead in the 16th minute, Rajib finding the back of the net with a delightful chip over Balaji.<br /><br />Students came close to drawing parity time and again, but couldn’t break down the resilient ASC defence. But six minutes before half-time, Nirmal brought them level, calmly slotting home a penalty after he was brought down inside the box.<br /><br />Minutes later, Students could have gone one up when Nirmal was set up by Ramachandran inside the box. But to his dismay, the ball missed the goal by a whisker.<br /><br />The second half too was a see-saw battle with the teams coming close to taking the lead. And a 70th minute corner proved to be the difference. Ramachandran headed ASC into the lead from the set-piece and the score remained that way till the final whistle.<br /><br />In the Prasanna Kumar Memorial tournament for ‘A’ Division teams, Tilak Memorial advanced after defeating Karnataka State Police 8-7 in shoot-out. <br /><br />The scores were level 1-1 at the end of regulation period.<br /><br />Results: Puttaiah Memorial Cup: Army Service Corps 2 ( Rajib Deb 16th min, Rmachandran 70th min) bt Student Union 1 (Nirmal 39th min, pen).<br /><br />Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup: Tilak Memorial 1 (Gowatham 64th min) bt Karnataka State Police 1 (Nagendra 33rd min) 8-7 via penalties.</p>
<p>Army Service Corps (ASC) stormed into the finals of the Puttaiah Memorial Cup, defeating Student Union 2-1 in an exciting semifinal match at the Bangalore Football Stadium here on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Goals from Rajib Deb (16th minute) and Ramachandran (70th minute) aided ASC’s cause while Nirmal’s goal off a penalty in the 39th minute kept Students in the game for a while.<br />The Armymen will face the winner of the second semifinal between Bengaluru FC and South United Wednesday.<br /><br />Enjoying superior possession in the early minutes of the game, ASC got close to opening the deadlock in the 13th minute when right-back Sudhir played a delightful through ball to set up Sunil Kumar. But Sunil couldn’t get past a determined Balaji, who swiflty got down to his right to gather the ball.<br /><br />ASC went ahead in the 16th minute, Rajib finding the back of the net with a delightful chip over Balaji.<br /><br />Students came close to drawing parity time and again, but couldn’t break down the resilient ASC defence. But six minutes before half-time, Nirmal brought them level, calmly slotting home a penalty after he was brought down inside the box.<br /><br />Minutes later, Students could have gone one up when Nirmal was set up by Ramachandran inside the box. But to his dismay, the ball missed the goal by a whisker.<br /><br />The second half too was a see-saw battle with the teams coming close to taking the lead. And a 70th minute corner proved to be the difference. Ramachandran headed ASC into the lead from the set-piece and the score remained that way till the final whistle.<br /><br />In the Prasanna Kumar Memorial tournament for ‘A’ Division teams, Tilak Memorial advanced after defeating Karnataka State Police 8-7 in shoot-out. <br /><br />The scores were level 1-1 at the end of regulation period.<br /><br />Results: Puttaiah Memorial Cup: Army Service Corps 2 ( Rajib Deb 16th min, Rmachandran 70th min) bt Student Union 1 (Nirmal 39th min, pen).<br /><br />Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup: Tilak Memorial 1 (Gowatham 64th min) bt Karnataka State Police 1 (Nagendra 33rd min) 8-7 via penalties.</p>
