League Play-Off

Lymm Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Sudhin Khandelwal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kailash Khandelwal in the 12th minute of play forced Lymm AFC's goalkeeper Kaldhuta Hegde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kaldhuta Hegde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akampita Datta, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Lymm AFC's Mohinder Heer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Raghavan Rane narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Kujapa Hegde fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Raghavan Rane, passed just outside the right post. In the 33rd match minute, Lymm AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohinder Heer to maneuver through the defense. Kujapa Hegde received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Raghavan Rane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohinder Heer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raghavan Rane having to interfere. Raghavan Rane didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sudhin Khandelwal went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Akampita Datta was the one to do the kick off. Kaldhuta Hegde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rajeswar Solanki in the 52nd minute of the match. The supporters of Norwich booed when Lymm AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kujapa Hegde didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Kailash Khandelwal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kaldhuta Hegde was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The supporters of Lymm AFC booed when Norwich was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camaraja Mukhopadhyay didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jyayas Thakkar's late challenge caught a Norwich's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jyayas Thakkar helped the player get up and apologised. Jyayas Thakkar hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Norwich's Gyani Grewal shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 73rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Kaldhuta Hegde but with some difficulty. Kaldhuta Hegde made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Kailash Khandelwal sent off a good shot on target. In the 75th minute, Anudesya Gandhi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Rajeswar Solanki made a precise shot to the right of Kaldhuta Hegde. Lymm AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Kaldhuta Hegde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gyani Grewal in the 82nd minute of the match. Kaldhuta Hegde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kailash Khandelwal in the 83rd minute of play. Akampita Datta succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 84th playminute. 95 minutes into the match, Lymm AFC's goalkeeper Kaldhuta Hegde had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Akampita Datta. The Norwich players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.