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Spectators: 9398 (Terracing: 7050, Seating: 2161, VIP seats: 187) Crystal City's Akrosa Arneja started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 minutes, Akrosa Arneja mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crystal City and the HAMMER players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Crystal City's Akrosa Arneja got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 6 minutes into the game, when Hema Sailo put in a rough tackle. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Crystal City! Atamas Dambria walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Crystal City's Kamasakha Som played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adhivahana Gill in the 9th minute of play. When Devila Biswas fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored HAMMER's protests and gave Devila Biswas a yellow card for diving instead. Devila Biswas hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute Akrosa Arneja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caruhasan Ghoshal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Caruhasan Ghoshal was a little too slow when Akrosa Arneja got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-0. With a little luck, HAMMER's Caruhasan Ghoshal got control of the ball when Mina Bajwa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 24th match minute, HAMMER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Avijnatagati Dambria to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in HAMMER's zone, Kotijit Kapoor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Caruhasan Ghoshal came out of the goal and Kotijit Kapoor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of HAMMER booed when Crystal City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jagjeet Gasnette didn't get a good kick on the ball. Crystal City's Kamasakha Som played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sridhar Sharma in the 30th minute of play. Caruhasan Ghoshal came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Crystal City's Akrosa Arneja. But to his dismay, Akrosa Arneja quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Mina Bajwa scored 3-0 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Caruhasan Ghoshal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Crystal City made a substitution. 石寒天 replaced Akrosa Arneja. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sobha Mandal made a kick off. Caruhasan Ghoshal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kotijit Kapoor in the 55th minute of play. After 66 played minutes Crystal City got a freekick which was hit by Akopa Sharma. Caruhasan Ghoshal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 石寒天 in the 68th minute of play. HAMMER's Caruhasan Ghoshal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mina Bajwa in the 71st minute of play. When Crystal City's Mina Bajwa in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye HAMMER's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mina Bajwa in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Caruhasan Ghoshal saved HAMMER from getting behind. Crystal City's Kamasakha Som proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Crystal City from getting a goal against them. Atamas Dambria charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Atamas Dambria the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 78th minute Troy Lionheart shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caruhasan Ghoshal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Crystal City's Kotijit Kapoor got a free kick in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mina Bajwa in the 82nd minute of play forced HAMMER's goalkeeper Caruhasan Ghoshal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the HAMMER defense, Mina Bajwa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Caruhasan Ghoshal. The HAMMER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Caruhasan Ghoshal should have stopped the shot. After 88 minutes of play, Crystal City's 石寒天 made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Caruhasan Ghoshal was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Troy Lionheart in the 92nd minute of play forced HAMMER's goalkeeper Caruhasan Ghoshal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Mina Bajwa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Caruhasan Ghoshal was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. When the referee ended the match the Crystal City players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.