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Ramu R ByExpress News ServiceKOCHI: The Kerala University (KU) football team is on cloud nine after bagging the first position in the men’s category of the Khelo India University Games 2020 football tournament held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, recently. The team coached by Dinesh Chandran was crowned the champions after beating Punjabi University, Patiala, via a penalty shootout in the finals. The fact that the KU team has won a national football tournament after 15 years also provided a morale booster to the players and the coaching staff. According to team’s manager, Jithin Jose P, the side had to play the final stages of the tournament without four of its members. “Five of our players are attending the selection trials of East Bengal scheduled for next month,” said Bijoy Varghese who is part of Trivandrum Sports Authority of India (SAI’s) football team..