A Green Valley SC player and his Assam Police Blues counterparts in a goalmouth melee at Mangaldoi Stadium on Sunday. A Telegraph picture

Mangaldoi, Sept. 7: Last year’s runners-up Green Valley Sports Club stormed into the semi-finals of the Amba Medhi football tournament blanking out Assam Police Blues 3-0 in the last all-Guwahati quarter-final at Mangaldoi Stadium here today.

The Green Valley men gained the upper hand as early as the fifth minute with Anupam Chetia ruffling the net for the first goal. Conceding the goal, the policemen resorted to their trademark rough tackles causing injuries to the opponent players. This continued till midway into the second half when the Green Valley side were awarded a spot kick when police defenders brought down striker Abraham Goodluck inside the danger zone.

Goodluck made no mistake in converting the shot in the 67th minute to consolidate the lead.

Dhananjoy Brahma netted the third goal for the winners by heading in a pass from Prasanta Sinha from the right flank in the 70th minute to take a 3-0 lead.

Trailing by three goals, the policemen made an all-out effort to reduce the margin till the last minute of the match but failed to make the desired inroads because of the defensive strategy adopted by their opponents in the later part of the match.

Green Valley will now meet former champions Oil India Ltd, Duliajan, in the second semi-final on Tuesday.

Defending champions Assam Rifles, Tezpur, will play Nagaland Police in the first semi-final tomorrow.

Assam Rifles, on Saturday, inflicted a humiliating 7-0 defeat on NF Railway Sports Club, Guwahati, in the third quarter-final.

Skipper Ajit Singh opened the floodgates in the 23rd minute and D. Mukhim enhanced the lead in the 33rd minute to help the side lead 2-0 at breather.

Two minutes into the second session, Thoiba Singh further consolidated the lead heading in a cross from Herojit Singh. Skipper Ajit Singh struck again in the 59th minute for the fourth goal. Akum Ao and M. Kamei netted in two more goals in the 65th and 73rd minutes.

Dwijendra Singh pumped in the seventh goal with solo efforts in the 76th minute.