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Cleobury Mortimer St
Spectators: 6937 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Avabhasita Chauhan got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Astley's Jitvan Sabnis got control of the ball when Uttam Bain tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 8th minute Vasan Gupta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jitvan Sabnis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Asapurna Chadha didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Avabhasita Chauhan went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When Avabhasita Chauhan came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Astley 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 Avabhasita Chauhan couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Cleobury Mortimer FC's Andhraka Solanki got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 34th minute, Vasan Gupta fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Jitvan Sabnis, passed just outside the right post. Jitvan Sabnis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vasan Gupta in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Jasjit Kale notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Cleobury Mortimer FC's Asapurna Chadha. Asapurna Chadha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 45 minutes into the match, Cleobury Mortimer FC's goal looked a bit too open when Avabhasita Chauhan came free, but Asapurna Chadha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute Jasjit Kale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Asapurna Chadha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Cleobury Mortimer FC's goal looked a bit too open when Avabhasita Chauhan came free, but Asapurna Chadha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vasan Gupta to make the kick off. Jasjit Kale recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Asapurna Chadha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jasjit Kale in the 56th minute of the match. Asapurna Chadha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jasjit Kale in the 57th minute of the match. A collision led to Cleobury Mortimer FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Barhanetra Lapang hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the game, Vasan Gupta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Jitvan Sabnis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jasjit Kale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Asapurna Chadha having to interfere. In the 67thth minute of the game Agnimasa Naik who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cleobury Mortimer FC's Asapurna Chadha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Avabhasita Chauhan notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Cleobury Mortimer FC's Asapurna Chadha. Asapurna Chadha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 78th match minute, Astley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jajhara Singh to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Jasjit Kale managed to get in a good position for a shot. Astley's supporters rose to their feet, but Jasjit Kale was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Asapurna Chadha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Asapurna Chadha made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Avabhasita Chauhan sent off a good shot on target. In the 92nd play minute Avabhasita Chauhan came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Asapurna Chadha. 1-5. Astley played a much better game than Cleobury Mortimer FC and deserved their victory. The Cleobury Mortimer FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.