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Southend
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The crowd rose to their feet as Southend's Aryaman Khanna slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Abhimoda Mohan. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. The supporters of Howden AFC India booed when Southend was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hita Jha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kalpesh Warwaha struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Ardra Reel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Howden AFC India. After having played for 9 minutes, Karamdeep Bhasin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Howden AFC India's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karamdeep Bhasin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Karamdeep Bhasin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Ardra Reel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Howden AFC India's Abhimoda Mohan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hita Jha in the 12th minute of play. Abhimoda Mohan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aryaman Khanna in the 13th minute of play. Abhimoda Mohan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bhrajathu Kelkar in the 15th minute. Abhimoda Mohan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hita Jha in the 16th minute. In the 23rd minute Hita Jha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abhimoda Mohan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Southend's Hita Jha slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Abhimoda Mohan. That made the score 2-0 after 25 minutes of play. Hita Jha took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abhimoda Mohan. Abhimoda Mohan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Bhrajathu Kelkar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abhimoda Mohan having to interfere. Abhimoda Mohan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aryaman Khanna, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Southend's zone, Kalpesh Warwaha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ardra Reel came out of the goal and Kalpesh Warwaha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Howden AFC India's Abhimoda Mohan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aryaman Khanna in the 42nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hita Jha got free with Abhimoda Mohan in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aryaman Khanna to make the kick off. Howden AFC India's Abhimoda Mohan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aryaman Khanna in the 51st minute of play. Abhimoda Mohan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hita Jha went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hita Jha in the 56th minute of play forced Howden AFC India's goalkeeper Abhimoda Mohan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aryaman Khanna in the 57th minute of play forced Howden AFC India's goalkeeper Abhimoda Mohan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 59 played minutes Howden AFC India got a freekick which was hit by Karamdeep Bhasin. In the 62nd minute, Aryaman Khanna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karamdeep Bhasin's late challenge caught a Southend's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karamdeep Bhasin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th match minute, Howden AFC India was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karamdeep Bhasin to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Aryaman Khanna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Southend's supporters rose to their feet, but Aryaman Khanna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abhimoda Mohan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 69thth minute of the game Aryaman Khanna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Howden AFC India's Abhimoda Mohan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Aryaman Khanna put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Abhimoda Mohan. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bhrajathu Kelkar in the 73rd minute of play forced Howden AFC India's goalkeeper Abhimoda Mohan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Kalpesh Warwaha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Howden AFC India's Abhimoda Mohan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bhrajathu Kelkar in the 79th minute of play. Amaraprita Sagoo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abhimoda Mohan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hita Jha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Howden AFC India's Abhimoda Mohan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bhrajathu Kelkar in the 92nd minute of play. If Aravini Gore had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abhimoda Mohan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aryaman Khanna in the 95th minute of the match.