Durand Cup 2025: Northeast United reaches the second consecutive final after 1-0 win against Shillong Lajong

The first half of the first half of Tlang Investing was sufficient for defending champion Northast United FC to book his place in the final of the Durand Cup 2025, along a spicy Shillong Lajong FC in a repeat of the semi -finals of the latest edition.

The first half saw Shillong Lajong Noordoost-United limited to play his free-flowing attacking game, so Alaeddine Ajaraie and Jithin MS stopped. The only attempts in the goal were the header of CHEME NUNEZ and the long -distance effort of Andres Rodriguez, who were directly to the goalkeeper.

On the other hand, the home team showed its pace against against counterattacks, but the last ball was missing, with the most attempts that came through long -distance shots. Striker Everbrightson Sana was particularly lively in advance and disturbed the defense of the Highlanders at several times.

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Northast United took the lead in the 36th minute immediately after a break, where match officer S. Senthil Nathan was replaced due to an injury by Lalit Singh Rawwat. Immediately after the restart, the former Shillong Lajong player cashed in Tlang’s left footstext from 30 Yards The back of the net when Lajong goalkeeper Siwel Rymbai was the feet due to the trajectory of the ball.

The Highlanders created more opportunities in the second half when Shillong Lajong became more adventurous in the pursuit of finding the equalizer, but could not find the decisive second goal. Andre Rodriguez hit the post after the midfielder was free in the penalty box. Moments later, Ajaraie, who was not in the game during the game, managed to reach an inch-perfect cross, and the Moroccan striker moved his attempt to scoop the box with only the goalkeeper, who was out of his line to beat.

Northeast United used his experience to hold its slender lead until the end of the control time and six minutes added minutes to book his place in his second consecutive final.