Java Lane and Sri Lanka Army qualified to play in the final of the FA Cup Football Tournament by beating Saunders (5-3 on penalties) and Colombo Football Club 3-2 respectively in the semi-finals played at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Saturday. The final will be played on May 20 (Saturday) under floodlights at the same venue.
In the first semi-final Saunders opened scoring through a header by S. Niresh from a corner kick by Krishantha Abeysekera to make it 1-0 in the 61st minute. Ten minutes later Java Lane made it 1-all when Naveen Jude scored a goal after receiving a pass from Janaka Chaminda. The score remained 1-all at the final whistle and in the penalty shootout Java Lane won 5-3.
In the second semi-final, Army scored two goals in the first half through Mohamed Issadeen who added a third early in the second half to make it 3-nil. Colombo FC came back storming in the last 20 minutes to score two goals through Dilan Kaushalya but could not prevent the soldiers from emerging victorious 3-2. This is the first time that Java Lane has entered a FA Cup final since the club was formed in 1968.
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