Itanagar : The sub-junior girls’ football team of Arunachal Pradesh settled for a silver medal at the Hero Sub-junior Girls’ National Football Championship, which came to an end in Cuttack, Odisha on Thursday.
The Arunachal team, which had already made history by reaching the finals of the coveted tournament for the first time, however, could not get past the final hurdle to win gold as team Jharkhand, which was considered to be a much stronger team, got the better of the Arunacali girls by 4 goals to nil.
Earlier, while Jharkhand had come back from two goals down to beat Bihar on penalties to reach the finals, Team Arunachal Pradesh had produced more of a dominant display against Gujarat to make their way to the finals.
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