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Internet Desk: The latest sensation of Northern Football has ticked all the right boxes with not only bringing a change in the game but also making a difference for their local state senior team. Majority of the Minervan players have formed the core of the The Chandigarh state team for the upcoming Senior National of the prestigious Santosh Trophy 2017 football tournament. The team were grouped with Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The boys from Chandigarh turned heads in their very first encounter when they trashed home team Himachal Pradesh 4-1 with Minervans Girik Khosla scoring a brace and Amandeep Singh adding on to the numbers and former Minerva player Jitender doing the final honours. The next hurdle too was calmly brushed aside when the young lads edged past Delhi with a narrow 1-0 win as Minervan Amandeep was again in the score sheet after converting a perfect masterpiece from teammate Girik Khosla.The underdogs of the Group were now favourites and full of High Expectations for the final round. The 19 year wait was finally over 31th December when Chandigarh blanked out Uttar Pradesh 2-0 to top the group with an unbeaten record and conceding only a single goal in the process as Star striker Girik Khosla and Defender Gagandeep Singh got their job well done as they sealed the game in the first Half itself. Chandigarh had last qualified for the final round way back in 1998 roughly 19 years back, the Minervan revolution has surely brought a change in the Beautiful city in its 2nd year of inception and would make the state a powerhouse in the domestic football circuit in the upcoming years.