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Moonlight Field
Spectators: 10975 (Terracing: 8232, Seating: 2524, VIP seats: 219) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anhu Bajwa kicked off to start the match. A hard shot 4 in the game by Waclaw Marciewicz from a close distance when the talented Ciro Varela managed to make a qualified save. Nagpur FC's players were relieved. 7 minutes into the match, Nagpur FC's goalkeeper Ciro Varela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Waclaw Marciewicz. In the 9th minute, Waclaw Marciewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciro Varela was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Waclaw Marciewicz put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ciro Varela. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Waclaw Marciewicz in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciro Varela prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Ciro Varela managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when Enchanted Stallions's Karmo Lepassaar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 20th minute, Sukhjinder Mandal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 21 minutes into the game, Enchanted Stallions's Waclaw Marciewicz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ciro Varela made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After having played for 30 minutes, Anhu Bajwa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nagpur FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anhu Bajwa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 38 minutes, Karmo Lepassaar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Enchanted Stallions's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karmo Lepassaar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 40th minute Waclaw Marciewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Karmo Lepassaar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ciro Varela came out and tried to block the shot, but Karmo Lepassaar slotted it home off the left post making it 5-0 in the 41st minute. Waclaw Marciewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Waclaw Marciewicz came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Enchanted Stallions 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 Waclaw Marciewicz couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Karmo Lepassaar to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Enchanted Stallions's Waclaw Marciewicz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciro Varela narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Karmo Lepassaar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Ciro Varela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Nagpur FC's goal looked a bit too open when Waclaw Marciewicz came free, but Ciro Varela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute Enchanted Stallions were awarded a corner. Melquiades Mano went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Amarishnu Bhatti almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Nagpur FC's Ciro Varela did a great save. After 64 played minutes Enchanted Stallions got a freekick which was hit by Karmo Lepassaar. Ciro Varela didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karmo Lepassaar went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Marcial Quin might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ciro Varela. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcial Quin ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Waclaw Marciewicz in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciro Varela saved Nagpur FC from getting behind. After 80 minutes of play, Enchanted Stallions's Waclaw Marciewicz made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciro Varela was left in no man's land by his defense there! 87 minutes into the match, Enchanted Stallions's Karmo Lepassaar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciro Varela narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 89th minute, Waclaw Marciewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciro Varela was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Enchanted Stallions's Waclaw Marciewicz got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Marcial Quin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Enchanted Stallions's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcial Quin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ciro Varela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ambara Holkar charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ambara Holkar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 94 minutes into the game, one of Nagpur FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Enchanted Stallions's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.