Chidi scored in extra-time

New Delhi: JCT Mills (Phagwara) made their first Durand Cup final in 10 years after edging out last year’s finalists Sporting Clube De Goa 1-0 in Saturday’s second semi-final.

The Phagwara millmen, who had stunned East Bengal 4-0 the other day in quarter final group league action, thus ensured there won’t be an all-Goa final.

Edeh Chidi scored three minutes before the end of extra-time after the regulation period of 90 minutes ended in a stalemate.

Substitute Sukhwinder Singh, who started the move from the right, relayed it to Praveen Kumar who, in turn, tapped the ball for Chidi. The Nigerian’s powerful shot hit the post before going in.

The last time JCT made the final was in 1996 when the crack Punjab side — comprising I.M. Vijayan, Jo Paul Ancheri, Carlton Chapman and Stephen Abarowei — beat mighty Oil Club of Iran 1-0 in the title- round

TEAMS

JCT: Kalyan Chowbey; Daljit Singh, Harpreet Singh (Jaspal Singh, 106), Sunday Ambrose, Anwar; Shivraj Singh, Adebayo Tokunbo (Sukhwinder Singh, 88), Harish Sharma (Jaswinder Singh, 96), Baldeep Singh; Praveen Kumar, Edeh Chidi

Sporting Clube de Goa: Louis Barreto; Philip Gomes, Bello Razaak, Mathew Gonsalves; Harmanjot Khabra, Rajesh Meetei, Nicolas Rodrigues, Joe Rodrigues (Joseph Pereira, 96); Dudu Omagbemi, Ernest Jeremiah.

Referee: S. Suresh