Kerala thrashes Arunachal 7-1 in Dutta Ray Trophy

Kerala thrashed Arunachal Pradesh 7-1 in the opening match of 18th U 21 National Football Championship for Dutta Ray Trophy played at PJN Stadium ,Fatorda ,Margaon on Thursday. Arunachal took lead in 17th minute when Nagpe Karlo found the net. Kerala found equaliser in 35th minute through Midhun.

The floodgates opened in second half when Kerala scored 4 more goals in a span of 10 minutes, Midhun scoring 2 more to complete his hat-trick and, Nerbin and Swaraj adding one each. Swaraj scored in 80th minute and Sujith added one more at 85th minute to add to the misery.

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Thursday 30 April 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.