Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Sihor fc's Abhiviraja Venkataramanappa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Sihor fc getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Jaishankar Pannu hit a great ball. The supporters of U21 India booed when Sihor fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abhiviraja Venkataramanappa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sihor fc's Abhiviraja Venkataramanappa got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, U21 India's Krishnan Turkar got a free kick in the 9th minute. Arjun Diyali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Rajendra Dhaliwal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chajju Arora in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adarsa Mendes saved Sihor fc from getting behind. Subhash Paranjpe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Adarsa Mendes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rajendra Dhaliwal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abhiviraja Venkataramanappa, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Chajju Arora took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Adarsa Mendes to make any attempt to save it. 30 minutes into the match, Subhash Paranjpe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Adarsa Mendes. Sihor fc's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Subhash Paranjpe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The Sihor fc fans' excitement grew in the 33rd match minute when Sihor fc's Abhiviraja Venkataramanappa looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Adarsa Mendes made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Subhash Paranjpe sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Adarsa Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Subhash Paranjpe in the 52nd minute of play. In the 55th minute, Subhash Paranjpe left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 India fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Subhash Paranjpe in the 57th minute of play forced Sihor fc's goalkeeper Adarsa Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Subhash Paranjpe notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Sihor fc's Adarsa Mendes. Adarsa Mendes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 62 minutes into the match, U21 India's Chajju Arora sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adarsa Mendes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Adarsa Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Subhash Paranjpe in the 64th minute of play. Adarsa Mendes came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 India's Chajju Arora. But to his dismay, Chajju Arora quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. Adarsa Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aviraga Dias in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Sihor fc's goal looked a bit too open when Chajju Arora came free, but Adarsa Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adarsa Mendes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chajju Arora went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chajju Arora in the 83rd minute of play forced Sihor fc's goalkeeper Adarsa Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chajju Arora in the 91st minute of play forced Sihor fc's goalkeeper Adarsa Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abhiviraja Venkataramanappa hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. U21 India fully deserved thier win.