Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Delhi and Karnataka won semi-final matches against Mizoram and Manipur respectively on Monday to set up a title clash at the inaugural Swami Vivekananda Under-20 Men's National Football Championship at the Ramakrishna Mission. Ashram Ground in Narayanpur, In two close semi-finals, Delhi beat Mizoram 3-2 while Karnataka beat Manipur 1-0, Delhi overcame late lead from Mizoram in the semi-finals to win the match 3-2 achieved. Mainly controlled by the former, the capital team took the lead in the first minute through Haodmalian Weifei, surprising everyone. It took some time for Mizoram to recover from the early goal, but they did so with a well-crafted equalizer in the 20th minute. C Lalmuanzuala launched a precise aerial attack through the ball to T Lalthankima, who brought it down with a good touch, rounded the keeper, scoring a run.Their joy was not to last long, however, as Delhi took the lead through Ramesh Chhetri in the 33rd. Delhi started the second half intent on extending their advantage, and doubled their lead in the 65th. They succeeded when Sankhil Darpol completed a brilliant move. Although he tapped in a low cross from the left, Mizoram were not going to give up easily, and produced a tremendous effort in the last quarter of an hour, bringing them close to a Delhi goal once again in the 78th minute . As Lalthankima took advantage of some defensive confusion to score his second of the match, as things turned frantic inside the Delhi penalty box towards the end of the game, Malaswamzuala Tlangate saw his back-to-back efforts saved by the opposition defence. Was blocked by. Meanwhile, Lalthankima faced Delhi goalkeeper Karan Makkar, who made crucial saves in injury time to take his team to the final. In the first semi-final of the day, Karnataka defeated Manipur by a single goal.An important goal was scored by a penalty scored by Saikhom Borish Singh in the 14th minute of the match. This tightly contested semi-final was witnessed by a large number of spectators, including school children. Dronacharya Award winning coach Shri Bimal Ghosh and former India player Alvito D'Cunha were among those who watched the proceedings from the stands. Karnataka took the lead in the 14th minute when the referee, Robin Biswas, pulled up a Manipur defender for a foul. box.Lanky Boris Singh gave goalkeeper Paonam Charan Singh little chance to guess the likely direction of the ball as his confident right foot hit the net, Boris is a prolific scorer and has scored six goals in the tournament so far, quarter Even in the final, when Karnataka lost to Bengal by one goal, Boris scored for his team. On Monday, he was named player of the match, after Manipur made some spirited moves from behind. However, Karnataka's steadfast defence, supported by an intelligent midfield, kept the opponents at bay for the remaining period. In the end, if Manipur regretted missing chances, on a few occasions they were also lucky not to concede any more goals.