Holcim FA Cup football:

Army beat Renown to meet Navy in final

Yasaratne GAMAGE

The defending FA Cup champions Sri Lanka Army SC defeated Renown SC by 4-2 in a penalty shoot out after the game ended 1-all in the Holcim FA Cup second semi final played at the City Football Complex yesterday.

Renown led in the first half with a goal by M N M Fazal in the 36th minute. But could not continue the trend in the second half against the attacking soldiers. The equalizer came for the Army in the 65th minute from Sudarshana Gunasinghe.

The semi final was a close tussle with some fine display of football by both teams. How ever Renown goal keeper, Satheeskumar missed the first penalty while they missed their fourth penalty as well.

Army in the meantime did their best to collect four goals in a row and secured a place in the final to be played at Nawalapitiya against Navy SC on August 18.

The Army apart from their poor passing on few occasions occupied the opponents goal area for the most of the 90 minutes. They also missed a couple of good chances of scoring.

Renown on the other hand were lethargic and failed to hit the net off some good passes from both flanks of the field.