League

Stamford Park
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 10) Witham City's Bahuvata Mendes 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. 4 minutes into the match, Stamford City's goal looked a bit too open when Bahuvata Mendes came free, but Avita Arakoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 8 in the game by Anava Mehra from a close distance when the talented Joyendu Datta managed to make a qualified save. Witham City's players were relieved. A collision led to Stamford City getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Rajluxmi Bhatia hit a great ball. In the 12th minute of the match Preet Tipnis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Avita Arakoni showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 14 minutes into the game, Prabha Vaidya was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stamford City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Witham City the free kick. Prabha Vaidya hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Avita Arakoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bahuvata Mendes in the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bahuvata Mendes in the 17th minute of play forced Stamford City's goalkeeper Avita Arakoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bahuvata Mendes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Avita Arakoni having to interfere. Avita Arakoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jana Pandey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Preet Tipnis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stamford City's Duddu Japra got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 36 minutes into the match, Stamford City's goal looked a bit too open when Jana Pandey came free, but Avita Arakoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bahuvata Mendes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Avita Arakoni having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jana Pandey in the 43rd minute of play forced Stamford City's goalkeeper Avita Arakoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Avita Arakoni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Caka Gurung went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Duddu Japra made the kick off in the second half. Rajluxmi Bhatia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Joyendu Datta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Witham City's zone, Anava Mehra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joyendu Datta came out of the goal and Anava Mehra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Witham City's Bahuvata Mendes got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 61st minute Bahuvata Mendes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avita Arakoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bahuvata Mendes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Avita Arakoni was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Jana Pandey in the 71stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Avita Arakoni, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 73rd play minute Asankita Kaila came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Avita Arakoni. 0-2. Duddu Japra hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Avita Arakoni didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 78th minute, which inside left pole to 0-3. Avita Arakoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bahuvata Mendes in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Jana Pandey made a precise shot to the right of Avita Arakoni. Stamford City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. When Caka Gurung fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Witham City's protests and gave Caka Gurung a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Witham City's Caka Gurung got a free kick in the 86th minute. The supporters of Witham City booed when Stamford City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anantadeva Kamle didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stamford City's Avita Arakoni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Stamford City from getting a goal against them. When Prabha Vaidya was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 91 minutes had been played. 94 minutes into the game, Rajluxmi Bhatia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stamford City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Witham City the free kick. In the 94th match minute, Stamford City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rajluxmi Bhatia to maneuver through the defense.