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ONGC FC terminated the semifinal chances of Sporting Clube de Goa beating the latter 2-1 at the SSB Ground.
The newly promoted I-League side ONGC, which beat Kalighat MS before narrowly losing to East Bengal in the previous, regained its winning form to finish a creditable second. David Lalrinmuana scored from a freekick to give ONGC the lead early in the first half before Dawson Fernandes scored a penalty in the 62nd minute draw level for Sporting Clube. Tarif Ahmed found the mark a minute from time to ensure the win for ONGC.
East Bengal topped the group with seven points while ONGC came with six points. Sporting Clube was pushed to the third position with four points while Kalghat MS ended without a point losing all its matches.
