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Kishore Club, the host, will take on Assam Rifles in the final of the Subodh Memorial All-India Floodlight Football Tournament at the Unit-I Boys`` High School ground in Bhubaneswar tomorrow.
In the lop-sided semifinals, Kishore Club trounced Rabbani Club Club, Kamptee (Nagpur) 5-1, while Assam Rifles outplayed Samaleswari Sporting (Sambalpur) 3-1 on Saturday. Man of the match Hemant Behera and Budharam Soren scored a brace each, while S S Alam contributed one goal to clinch the Kishore Club victory. Tarbaz Juilundi scored the consolation goal for the Nagpur outfit.
Assam Rifles owed their victory to Baljit Singh, who netted a superb goal in the 27th minute. Two other goals for the winners were scored by Santa Singh (penalty kick) and T Onous. S Soren pulled one back for Samaleswari Sporting in the second half.