League Play-Off

Radlett Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Avinasa Mallik got the match started through his kick off. Ampthill United's Ajit Kamle got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aniruddha Gore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bahupriya Pujari having to interfere. Avinasa Mallik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Satpreet Sahota showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ajit Kamle, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When Bhumija Mehra fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Radlett's protests and gave Bhumija Mehra a yellow card for diving instead. In the 19th match minute, Radlett was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bhumija Mehra to maneuver through the defense. Ampthill United's Balasubramaniam Lalli got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 22ndth minute of the game Ajit Kamle who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Radlett's Satpreet Sahota was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Satpreet Sahota came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ampthill United's Balasubramaniam Lalli. But to his dismay, Balasubramaniam Lalli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Krish Shahraj didn't quite understand what happened when in the 30 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Ampthill United's Bahupriya Pujari proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Ampthill United from getting a goal against them. In the 37th minute Avinasa Mallik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bahupriya Pujari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Ampthill United's zone, Avinasa Mallik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bahupriya Pujari came out of the goal and Avinasa Mallik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bahupriya Pujari didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 42nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. Satpreet Sahota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Balasubramaniam Lalli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ajit Kamle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Satpreet Sahota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Balasubramaniam Lalli to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hem Rana during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ampthill United's Hem Rana got a free kick in the 54th minute. When the match clock showed 55 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Avinasa Mallik sped through Ampthill United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bahupriya Pujari. After a defensive mix-up in Ampthill United's zone, Aniruddha Gore stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bahupriya Pujari came out of the goal and Aniruddha Gore tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Avinasa Mallik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bahupriya Pujari having to interfere. Aniruddha Gore scored 3-1 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bahupriya Pujari, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Avinasa Mallik in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bahupriya Pujari saved Ampthill United from getting behind. After some careless play in the Ampthill United defense, Aniruddha Gore kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bahupriya Pujari. The Ampthill United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bahupriya Pujari should have stopped the shot. In the 85th match minute, Radlett was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bhadrasrenya Dasgupta to maneuver through the defense. Satpreet Sahota made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Ajit Kamle sent off a good shot on target. 93 minutes into the game, Mantosh Jadeja was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Radlett's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ampthill United the free kick. A collision led to Radlett getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Mantosh Jadeja hit a great ball. After 96 minutes Radlett's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kusumojjvala Malhotra who took care of the corner kick. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Radlett had won after a very even match.