Tata Football Academy (TFA) of Jamshedpur barged into the semifinals by defeating Yazdani Club-73 by 3-1 goals in the quarterfinal match of the 10th All India Biju Patnaik Memorial Football Tournament at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela on Monday.
In the semifinal match on Tuesday, TFA would meet Sports Authority of India (SAI) of Cuttack. After the barren first-half, Tata Football Academy showed their skill and in 52 minute Udanta Singh scored the first goal of the match in a penalty kick and his-mate SK Rohit doubled the lead in the 53rd minute. Santosh Naik of the Club-73 netted a goal in the 61st minute. Once again Udanta nailed his second and third goal for the team in the 90th minute. With the win TFA entered semifinal and Udanta bagged man of the match award.