Bagan set up title clash with Churchill

Unfortunately for Mahindra United,their strikers only appeared dangerous without doing any damage. Rafi and Sushil Singh were involved in a number of moves but either was left wanting every time. In the 13th minute,Rafi had only the Bagan goalkeeper to beat from inside the box but the tall striker banged it against the hoardings behind the far post.

But as Steven Dias kept curling the ball into the Bagan defence from Mahindras wings and produced the result,there was another man following him ardently. Taking his second free-kick of the match,James Singh in the 76th minute had wrong-footed everybody with an away-going cross that was heading towards the unguarded right corner of goal. Subhashish Roy Chowdhury pulled off a valiant save but the resulting corner and Chidis kick from a close range gave him no time to react in the 77th.

Having things in control,Bagan had upped the tempo when they needed and made another final.