Mumbai, May 11 (Ians) Bengaluru Fc defeated Atk Mohun Bagan in a thrilling penalty shootout to reach the finals of the Reliance Foundation Developmental League (Rfdl) National Championship after the game was stuck at 1-1 in regulation time at the Reliance Corporate Park (Rcp), here on Thursday.

Thumsol Tongsin missed the decisive seventh spot-kick in the shootout to hand the Blues an emphatic victory. Huidrom Thoi Singh from Bengaluru Fc scored a wonder strike in the 61st minute to help the Blues get ahead in the contest and break the deadlock after an hour of some gruelling end-to-end football.

Thoi came into this tournament on the back of a stunning first-half hat-trick that he scored against Fc Goa in their National Group Stage faceoff in Bangalore. He demonstrated some incredible footwork after collecting the ball near the halfway mark and getting past a couple of Atkmb players before unleashing a venomous...