Meghalaya face Mizoram in semis today

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Shillong, May 26: One of the two teams from North East – Meghalaya and Mizoram – are set for a final berth in the Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men’s National Football Championship 2025 as the two teams clash in the semi-finals on Sunday.

Meghalaya defeated Karnataka 1-0 in the third quarterfinal held on May 9 at Narainpur, Chhattisgarh. However, with only two groups active at any one time, Meghalaya had to wait until the final two sets of group matches and the fourth and last quarterfinal were played.

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Mizoram booked the semis berth by beating Punjab on penalties 4-2 in the final last-eight fixture on Friday after extra time ended 2-2.

While Meghalaya will have been well-rested ahead of the semifinal clash at 3:30pm on Sunday, Mizoram have momentum firmly on their side, so each team have challenges to overcome.

The first semifinal will take place at 7:30am on Sunday between Delhi and the Sports Authority of India. 

Meghalaya, coached by Bobby L Nongbet, made the quarters by winning all three of their Group A games against Rajasthan 4-0, Kerala 2-1 and Bihar 7-0. With the QF victory against Karnataka, Meghalaya are now on a four-game winning streak and have scored 14 goals and conceded just one.

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This has been a vast improvement on 2024’s tournament, when Meghalaya were unable to progress from the group stage.

In Group D, Mizoram beat Maharashtra 4-0, Himachal Pradesh 8-0, Tripura 11-1 and Jharkhand 3-1 before Friday’s quarterfinal where they were pushed to the limit by Punjab.

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