League Play-Off

Beeston Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bharosa Chopra got the match started through his kick off. Amitayus Chaudhary made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arunava Sodhi in the 6th minute of play. Satish Pandey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Amitayus Chaudhary tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Beeston booed when Ickenham FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jasamita Chattha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ickenham FC's Amitayus Chaudhary proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Ickenham FC from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arunava Sodhi in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amitayus Chaudhary prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Beeston's zone, Krishnan Turkar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ajalika Mohan came out of the goal and Krishnan Turkar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ajalika Mohan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krishnan Turkar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Satish Pandey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amitayus Chaudhary having to interfere. In the 26th minute, Arunakamala Chahal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ickenham FC's Amitayus Chaudhary played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arunava Sodhi in the 30th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Bharosa Chopra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ickenham FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 41st match minute, Ickenham FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jasamita Chattha to maneuver through the defense. Amitayus Chaudhary showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arunava Sodhi in the 42nd minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arunava Sodhi made a kick off. If Satish Pandey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 56 minutes into the game, Amitdhvaja Parmar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ickenham FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Beeston the free kick. Krishnamachari Sangha's late challenge caught a Ickenham FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Krishnamachari Sangha helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Beeston getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Krishnamachari Sangha hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the match, Beeston's goal looked a bit too open when Bharosa Chopra came free, but Ajalika Mohan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amitayus Chaudhary made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Satish Pandey in the 77th minute of play. Bharosa Chopra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ajalika Mohan having to interfere. Arunava Sodhi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amitayus Chaudhary having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.