League

Crosby Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Candravijaya Raj started the match with the kick off. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Jasamita Chattha sped through Samtop FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bhanucandra Kharka. Krishnan Turkar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bhanucandra Kharka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasamita Chattha, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. A collision led to Ickenham FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Jasamita Chattha hit a great ball. In the 13th minute, Bharosa Chopra got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 14 played minutes Samtop FC got a freekick which was hit by Adityavarna Marak. In the 19th minute, Krishnan Turkar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ickenham FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 22 minutes, Bharosa Chopra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ickenham FC and the Samtop FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ickenham FC's Krishnan Turkar got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 26 played minutes Samtop FC got a freekick which was hit by Damin Gugral. Bhanucandra Kharka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krishnan Turkar in the 27th minute of the match. Samtop FC's Bhanucandra Kharka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bharosa Chopra in the 28th minute of play. Bhanucandra Kharka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bharosa Chopra in the 30th minute of play. When Ickenham FC's Bharosa Chopra in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Samtop FC's goalie prevented a goal. Bharosa Chopra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Krishnan Turkar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bhanucandra Kharka having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Samtop FC's zone, Bharosa Chopra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bhanucandra Kharka came out of the goal and Bharosa Chopra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bhanucandra Kharka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bharosa Chopra's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bharosa Chopra in the 49th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bhanucandra Kharka prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Bharosa Chopra made the kick off in the second half. Bhanucandra Kharka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bharosa Chopra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute Bharosa Chopra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bhanucandra Kharka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes of play, Ickenham FC's Bharosa Chopra made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bhanucandra Kharka was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bharosa Chopra struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Bhanucandra Kharka didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ickenham FC. After a rather tough play, Samtop FC's Adityavarna Marak got a free kick in the 76th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Samtop FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bharosa Chopra came free, but Bhanucandra Kharka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krishnan Turkar scored 1-4 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bhanucandra Kharka, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 96 minutes into the match, Samtop FC's goalkeeper Bhanucandra Kharka had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Krishnan Turkar.