guwahati it seems theres no stopping northeast united this season constrained by budget dabbling with injury problems throughout the season the highlanders were there to delight their fans at home and add another rung to the ladder they have been steadily climbing this season when they beat favourites bengaluru 21 in the first leg of the indian super league semifinal here on thursdayand they did it in a dramatic fashion by slotting in a penalty through substitute juan mascia in the 95th minute of the crucial tieat the prematch press conference on wednesday eelco schattorie had talked about organisation and tactics that had helped neufc negotiate hurdles and scale new heights this season and he had given the instance of a certain redeem tlang a recruit from shillong lajong who had had no assist or goal to show for his efforts so far but the coach had emphasised how the youngster a regular in the side had learnt to play in an organised system hold on to his position and was sure to prove vital for neufc next seasonit did not take that long just 24 hours later tlang stamped his authority on the match and the scoresheet with a highquality strike for his first goal in isl having received the ball from bartholomew ogbeche just outside the box on the right in the 20th minute the winger wrongfooted defender nishu kumar slotting the ball home into the extreme right corner past a hapless gurpreet singh sandhuthere was also ample example on the field on thursday of the organisational discipline and tactical prowess that the dutchman had spoken aboutmato grgic and palacios were exceptional as central defenders and coupled with the commitment from jose leudo were able to keep the sunil chhetri threat largely nonexistent in the game