The defense of both teams played a vital role in this tense encounter, it was Karnataka who opened the scoring in only the 14th minute of the game.

The breakthrough came when Manipur gave away a penalty which Saikhom Borish Singh calmly put into the back of the net, leaving Manipur goalkeeper Paona Charan Singh no chance to save the ball.

They will now turn their attention to the second semi-final to see who they will face in the final of the tournament which will be played later in the day.

The defense of the Karnataka team has to be congratulated as they have not conceded a single goal in the knockout stage of the team so far. Their quarterfinal against Bengal had a similar theme to tonight's encounter as they won 1-0 and Boris Singh was the goal scorer in that game too.

The final of the Swami Vivekananda U20 Men's National Football Championship will be played on Wednesday.