ATK Mohun Bagan defeated Chennaiyin FC to go to the semi-finals.

ATK Mohun Bagan advanced to the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) semi-finals with a 1-0 victory against Chennaiyin FC on Thursday at the PJN Stadium in Margao, Goa.

Roy Krishna (45′) scored the game’s only goal right before the halftime break, giving the Mariners an important win.

The game began calmly as both sides struggled to establish scoring opportunities.

However, in the eighth minute of the game, Rahim Ali sent a beautiful ball across the face of goal, but no CFC player was on the receiving end of the pass.

Ali was engaged again in the action around the 24th minute when he ran forward with the ball and attempted a shot that went wide of the target.

As the game wore on ATKMB started to come back into the game and controlled the possession. They reaped benefits of this dominance as Roy Krishna slotted the ball into the back of the net from a Joni Kauko pass, in the 45th minute.

That brought an end to an interesting first half.

Krishna started the second half in blistering fashion. In the 49th minute, he dribbled the ball into the penalty box and looked destined to score his second of the game, but he failed to connect with the ball.

At the midway point of the second half, Chennaiyin FC had two great chances to get themselves back into the game. Raegan Singh’s shot deflected off the goal post, and minutes later, Nerijus Valskis’s header was saved by Amrinder Singh.

As time progressed Syed Sabir Pasha’s side started to put the ATKMB players on the backfoot. But, they failed to create any clear opportunities to score the equaliser.

The match ended and CFC would be disappointed with the lack of chances they created in the dying stages of the game.

This result means that ATK Mohun Bagan have qualified for the semi-finals and has become the third team to do so this season. They go up the Hero ISL table into the second spot. Chennaiyin FC has completed all their league games and currently sit eighth in the league table.

In their last game of the current league campaign, Juan Ferrando’s men will take on Jamshedpur FC on Monday in what could decide who finishes in the top spot in the Hero ISL table.