10-man Railway beat Maharashtra in Santosh Trophy

VASCO: An own goal in the first half by Abhishek Ambekar proved costly for Maharashtra as they lost 0-1 to Railways in a Group B final round league encounter of the Santosh Trophy football tournament.
The all-important goal came in the 33rd minute when Ambekar's clearance off a Phool Chand Hembram cross turned suicidal.
Maharashtra put up better performance in the second half but didn't make any gains from the numerical advantage after referee Ramaswamy Srikrishna gave marching order to Railway's Shabaz Pathan at the stroke of an hour.
Maharashtra failed to cash on the advantage as they went all out in search of the equaliser but failed to beat as rival goalkeeper Owais Khan brought off some impressive saves to deny former I-League player Vijith Shetty.
Railway now have three points from three matches after their first victory. Maharashtra are yet to open their account after two matches.