Shankhamul lost 7-2 against Tahachal on Friday but still made it to the final of the Red Bull National Futsal League with an 11-8 aggregate.

Tahachal had lost the first leg of their semi-finals 9-1 away to Shankhamul and needed a victory margin of nine goals at their home. They were right on track after Sunil Basnet struck a hat-trick and Sujit Budhathoki scored twice but Sher Bahadur Thapa and Biplav Dhoj Shah replied to leave Tahachal with a Herculean task.

Bishal Gurung and Anil Basnet also scored a goal each for Tahachal. Goalkeeper Bishal Gurung of Tahachal was named man-of-the-match. Shankhamul will join Samakhushi in the final slated for January 7. 

Samakhushi had defeated Kickoff 6-5 on aggregate in double legged semi-final after winning the first leg 4-2 before losing the second game 3-2. The tournament is so far the biggest in terms of Nepali futsal with the champions assured of one million rupees. 

The runners-up will get home Rs 500,000, while the best player and goalkeeper will get Rs 50,000 apiece. A total of 16 teams from Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur had participated in the tournament and divided into two pools. The top four teams had m ade it to the double legged quarter-finals.