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[caption id="attachment_38324" align="aligncenter" width="580"] West Bengal beat Services by 2-1 on Tuesday. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: West Bengal have won two matches on a row and is on the verge to qualify in the semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy. Mridul Banerjee’s beat Services by 1-0 two register their second win in the group stage on Tuesday. If West Bengal can beat Goa on Thursday they will almost qualify for the semifinal. Basant Singh, who got an injury in his left eye against Chandigarh on Sunday scored the solitary goal for West Bengal on 20th minute of the game. After receiving a through from Ronald Singh, he dodged two Services defenders and scored for his side. West Bengal footballer Manotosh Chakladar was shown a red card on 72nd minute of the game and West Bengal had to play with ten men in the last eighteen minutes. West Bengal coach Mridul Banerjee was happy with his team’s performance. “I am very happy with my side’s performance. All the players of West Bengal were men of the match in my view. And Basant and Manvir played exceptional football today for our side,” said Mridul.