Minerva Punjab FC won its fourth consecutive Hero Junior League title, beating Bengaluru FC 2-0 in the final at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal on Wednesday.
India junior internationals Himanshu Jangra and Maheson Singh scored the two second-half goals for Minerva, which also ended Bengaluru's 12-match winning streak.
Bengaluru FC started on the front foot, going in search of a goal to break the deadlock early as Minerva looked to hit BFC on the counter.
However, both the sides headed into half-time with the scores tied at 0-0.
Minerva Coach Harpreet Singh’s half-time pep talk seemed to have worked as his team came out firing on all cylinders. Jangra broke free of the defence a couple of minutes after the restart and slotted it past the keeper to put Minerva in the lead.
It doubled its lead just 20 minutes later. A cross from the right was headed onto a bar and Maheson’s header on the rebound was blocked by Bengaluru keeper Dipesh Chauhan. However, Maheson got to the next rebound and nodded it into goal.
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The Minerva defence had to see out a franctic flurry of attacks by Bengaluru FC. Minerva played on the counter and even managed to rattle the crossbar a couple of times.
But the two goals were enough to take the side from Chandigarh to its fourth successive title.
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