Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Delhi reached the semi-finals of the Swami Vivekananda Under-20 Men's National Football Championship after defeating Kerala through a tie-breaker at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram Ground in Narayanpur Chhattisgarh on Thursday, the tie-breaker was applied The teams were tied 3–3 at the end of regulation time and 30 minutes of extra time failed to break the deadlock. In the tie-breaker, Delhi got the better of its rivals and won 4-1. Delhi goalkeeper Karan Makkar saved his team's victory from two penalty kicks and was named player of the match. According to an All India Football Federation (AIFF) press release, Delhi has become the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after Karnataka and Manipur. ST Lamlyan, Rituraj Mohan, Kamginsai Tauthang and Akshay Raj Singh scored goals for Delhi in the tie-breaker.Only Akshay Kumar Subedi managed to send his Thanedar to the right place for Kerala. The scheduled time of 90 minutes was an interesting affair as the fortunes of the match kept swinging from one end to the other at regular intervals. Kerala was leading 2-1 at half-time, but by the 65th minute Delhi counterattacked and took the lead 3-2. However, Kerala equalized in the 73rd minute. Kerala took the lead in the 16th minute when opportunistic striker Ahmed Anfa tapped in a cross. Left.Delhi equalized after eight minutes from a corner kick when Sonam Tsewang Lokham found herself in the right position. Kerala went ahead on the stroke of half-time; Anfas once again slipped past defenders to tap in when the Delhi goalkeeper made a mistake in taking an innocuous cross from the left. In the second half, Delhi scored their second goal in the 60th minute from a spot-kick conversion by Ramesh Chhetri. Substitute Akshay Raj Singh took the lead after just 3-5 minutes and Sanu Stellas converted a corner kick to bring Kerala back into the game.