League Play-Off

St.Bees
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kisku Gaekwad made the kick off which started today's match. Cittaharin Khaira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kisku Gaekwad in the 8th minute of the match. The supporters of Eastcote City booed when St.Bees was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Apta Solanki didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Mohal Bhasin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the St.Bees defense, Kisku Gaekwad kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cittaharin Khaira. The St.Bees fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cittaharin Khaira should have stopped the shot. Eastcote City's Pardaman Dambria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apta Solanki in the 24th minute of play. A collision led to Eastcote City getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Amrit Sodhi hit a great ball. With his leg Pardaman Dambria managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when St.Bees's Narayana Ayer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Eastcote City getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Mohal Bhasin hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Eastcote City's goalkeeper Pardaman Dambria, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. St.Bees's Cittaharin Khaira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alaghu Ghosh in the 36th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Kisku Gaekwad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cittaharin Khaira was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. If Alaghu Ghosh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cittaharin Khaira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kisku Gaekwad, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Alaghu Ghosh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Cittaharin Khaira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Pardaman Dambria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apta Solanki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cittaharin Khaira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kisku Gaekwad, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Alaghu Ghosh managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eastcote City's supporters rose to their feet, but Alaghu Ghosh was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cittaharin Khaira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 57th minute, Aradhaka Lalthangsanga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute, Candrangada Kapani sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and St.Bees's Cittaharin Khaira didn't even have to move. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of St.Bees:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Eastcote City:s goal. Cittaharin Khaira had in the 62ndth minute some difficulties stopping Candrangada Kapani's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 67th minute, Eastcote City's Alaghu Ghosh dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Mohal Bhasin hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After 76 played minutes St.Bees got a freekick which was hit by Rajeeb Mishra. Cittaharin Khaira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Candrangada Kapani in the 78th minute. When Amrit Sodhi came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Eastcote City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Amrit Sodhi couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, Eastcote City's Cittaharin Khaira threw himself towards the right post 94 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kisku Gaekwad, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Eastcote City's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.