Goa's Dempo Sports Club and JCT, Phagwara, will clash in the final of the Osian's Durand Cup football tournament. They made the grade in contrasting fashion at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.
Dempo were always in control as they outclassed Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 2-0, with goals from Brazilian Robert Mendes Silva (20th minute) and Anthony Pereira (74th).
On the other hand, JCT had to fight tooth and nail against Sporting Clube de Goa and left it till the 117th minute before Nigerian Chidi Edeh scored the only goal of the match against his previous club that took them to the final.
The final will be the second time that the two teams will face each other in four days, after the soporific 1-1 game they played on Friday that ensured their passage into the last four.
But with the prestige of being winners of the third oldest football tournament in the world on the line, Monday's final is not expected to be as friendly as the quarter-final league match.
It is Dempo's maiden entry into the title round, while JCT made it for the first time in 10 years after their fifth triumph in 1996.
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