DAV College, Jalandhar annexed the prestigious Nehru-SAIL Champions Colleges Cup here today, defeating Al amen in a tense final.
Both teams were tied 1-1 for almost most part of the game, but the determined DAV came alive in the last phase of the game to take home the coveted trophy.
DAV defeated Al Ameens 2-1 and won the right to pocket Rs.1.00 lac while the losing side got Rs.64,000. Jai Pal Singh struck
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Its DAV that went into the lead in the initial stages making use of the first penalty corner they earned.
Al Ameen equalized through Hunny Swamy in the 17th minute.
Its left to the genius of Manpreet Singh to settle the issue in favour of DAV. His on the run grounder found the net in the 62nd minute.
Thereafter, Al Ameen waged numerous sallies, but could not penetrate. It missed a couple of sitters too.
Earlier, CRA, Sonepat, which had in its ranks junior international players like Pradeep Mor easily won its bronze match. A sudden spurt of goals in the second half saw the Delhi’s suburb team to do the best.
CRA defeated the one-sided match 5-2 after 2-2 at lemon time.