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Holton-le-Clay Stadi
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Didhitimat Gandhi kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Holton-le-Clay's Vikrant Sandhu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Caruhasan Ghoshal. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. In the 10thth minute of the game Atamas Dambria who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Holton-le-Clay's Jivaratna Beasley was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hridayangam Patiala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Holton-le-Clay booed when HAMMER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Avicala Sethi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute Devila Biswas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jivaratna Beasley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Holton-le-Clay's Jivaratna Beasley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atamas Dambria in the 18th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Atamas Dambria in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jivaratna Beasley saved Holton-le-Clay from getting behind. Caruhasan Ghoshal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Didhitimat Gandhi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vikrant Sandhu in the 28th minute of play forced HAMMER's goalkeeper Caruhasan Ghoshal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Caruhasan Ghoshal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didhitimat Gandhi, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 34thth minute of the game Atamas Dambria who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Holton-le-Clay's Jivaratna Beasley was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vikrant Sandhu's late challenge caught a HAMMER's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vikrant Sandhu helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of HAMMER booed when Holton-le-Clay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vikrant Sandhu didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atamas Dambria in the 42nd minute of play forced Holton-le-Clay's goalkeeper Jivaratna Beasley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Atamas Dambria was the one to do the kick off. Atamas Dambria's late challenge caught a Holton-le-Clay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Atamas Dambria helped the player get up and apologised. Atamas Dambria hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Didhitimat Gandhi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jivaratna Beasley stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Atamas Dambria's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vikrant Sandhu in the 61st minute of play forced HAMMER's goalkeeper Caruhasan Ghoshal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anasin Phom could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Jivaratna Beasley made a huge save. Caruhasan Ghoshal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ara Jadeja, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Caruhasan Ghoshal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ara Jadeja in the 79th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as HAMMER's Atamas Dambria slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jivaratna Beasley. That made the score 2-2 after 83 minutes of play. HAMMER's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.