Kerala beats Bengal in penalty shootout, becomes Santosh Trophy champions for seventh time

MALAPPURAM: Kerala on Monday defeated Bengal in a penalty shootout to clinch its seventh Santosh Trophy title before a packed crowd at the Payyanad stadium in Malappuram. The match went into extra time as both teams failed to score in the allotted time. It then went to a penalty shootout after both Kerala and Bengal managed to score one goal each in extra time. Dilip Orwan scored for Bengal in the 97th minute while Safnad scored the equalizer for Kerala in the 117th minute.

In the penalty shootout, Bengal wasted one kick while Kerala converted all their kicks to goals. Kerala eventually won 5-4. During the shootout, both teams changed their goalkeepers.