In the first semifinal played at National Stadium here today, Army Boys Sports Company upset favourites Birsamunda Vidyapitha (Rourkela) 5-1.

The final will be played at 3.15 pm on Monday.

Lyallpur Khalsa School, who had chalked out three successive wins by huge margins in the quartefinal league, were surprised by the Sonepat school.

CRZ, who struggled to make it to the last four grade, scored the all-important goal in the 21st minute through Harish Kumar and then defended the lead till the end.Harish captalised on the defensive lapse by the rivals and shot home the winner.

The way Lyallpur boys played, it looked as they had already peaked in the quarter-final league. They muffed easy chances and could not produce the same form which they had displayed in the earlier matches.

CRZ boys, after taking the lead, strengthened up their defence while the Jalandhar boys found it difficult to penetrate through the congested rival defence.

Though the Jalandhar team had more share of attacks they failed to get the result and had to bow out of contention.

Earlier, Army Boys Sports Company, put behind their 2-5 rout suffered at the hands of Lyallpur School yesterday and played a fast game.

In a match which witnessed both teams playing the same style of game, identical tactics and strategies, the score at half time was 1-1.Gabriel Herenj put Danapur ahead in the 12th minute, scoring off a penalty corner. Birsamunda equalised in the very next minute with a furious counter and Mangra Minz sent the ball home.

In the second half, Biraj Tete scored two goals (in 43rd and 61st minutes) while Arvind Kumar and Alexius Tirkey chipped in a goal each in the 53rd and 58th minute to complete the tally for Danapur.The two losing teams will clash at noon tomorrow for the third place.