League Play-Off

Castletown Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Akampita Datta made the kick off which started today's match. Raghavan Rane made an important save on a dangerous shot by Çağdaş Ronaldinho in the 2nd minute. After 8 minutes, Akampita Datta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Norwich and the Castletown City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Akampita Datta hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Norwich's zone, Çağdaş Ronaldinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raghavan Rane came out of the goal and Çağdaş Ronaldinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th minute Çağdaş Ronaldinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raghavan Rane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Çağdaş Ronaldinho in the 21stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Raghavan Rane, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Akampita Datta in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ferdinando Serafini saved Castletown City from getting behind. A collision led to Castletown City getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Attilio Vettori hit a great ball. Raghavan Rane didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 26th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. If Akampita Datta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Norwich's zone, Attilio Vettori stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raghavan Rane came out of the goal and Attilio Vettori tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Castletown City's Çağdaş Ronaldinho got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kailash Khandelwal hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Norwich's Raghavan Rane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Çağdaş Ronaldinho in the 42nd minute of play. Norwich's Raghavan Rane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Çağdaş Ronaldinho in the 45th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 51st match minute, Norwich was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aswathanarayana Bawa to maneuver through the defense. Raghavan Rane took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Çağdaş Ronaldinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 53 minutes of play Norwich's Akampita Datta was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 54 played minutes Norwich got a freekick which was hit by Akampita Datta. After having played for 57 minutes, Çağdaş Ronaldinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Castletown City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Çağdaş Ronaldinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Çağdaş Ronaldinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 63 played minutes Norwich got a freekick which was hit by Sarabjit Hegde. When the match clock showed 64 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Çağdaş Ronaldinho sped through Norwich's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Raghavan Rane. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Çağdaş Ronaldinho in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raghavan Rane saved Norwich from getting behind. The supporters of Norwich booed when Castletown City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Devamuni Sinha didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Kailash Khandelwal from long distance, 86 minutes into the match, got Ferdinando Serafini's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side.