With the day’s feat, Gokulam Kerala FC top the group list securing 7 points from three matches with two wins and one draw and will play Kolkata MohunBagan AC in the 2nd semis on Monday (October 28) at 7 pm.
Group A champions and hosts ChattogramAbahani Ltd will play the first semifinal also on Monday (Oct 28) at 4 pm, against the winners of BPL champions Basundhara Kings and Terengganu FC of Malaysia. Chennai City FC were eliminated from the after conceding three straight defeats.
Durand Cup Champions Gokulam Kerala, who are playing in the place of BPL runners-up Dhaka Abahani Ltd, made a flying start in the eight-team meet upsetting Bashundhara Kings by 3-1 goals in the first match but played to a goalless draw with Terengganu FC in their 2ndmatch.
In the day’s match, forward LalRomawia and Ugandan forward Henry Kisekka scored one goal each for GokulamKerala .
LalRomawia opened account for Gokulam Kerala FC in the 8th minute by the 2nd attempt asKisekka missed the first one, off a free-kick of Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Nathaniel Jude Garcia (1-0).
Just after three minutes, Kisekka doubled the margin by a right-footed grounder, also off a free-kick by Nathaniel Jude Garcia (2-0).
After conceding two quick goals, the I-League champions Chennai City started attacking football but failed to find net due to lack of goo finishers.
After the first half, Gokulam Kerala FC got a close chance to widen their margin but defender Sebastian Thangmuansang missed the target in the 57th minute.
However, Gokulam Kerala successfully maintained their 2-0 lead at the end of the game.
SreeGokulam Kerala FC: UbaidChonoKadavath, Naochasingh, Andre Dennis Chaz, Mohammed Irshad, RavananDharmaraj, Muhammed Rashid Kundil, Maya Kkannan (Mohamed Salah), Sebastian Thangmuansang, Nathaniel Jude Garcia, LalRomawia (Marcus Leric Joseph) and Henry Kisekka (WungyanygMuirang).
Chennai City FC: Nauzet Santana, ShereeftHangalakath, Vijay Thomas (Shem Marton Eugene), Adolfo Miranda Araujo, Charles AnandrajLourdusamy, PravittoRaju, AjithKumatKamaraj, Pedro Manzi (Syed Suhail Pasha), MashoorShereef (Ranjeet Singh), Sri Ram Bhupathi and PradisonDasan.
Referee: Mohammad Jalaluddin.