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Bristol Kingswood FC
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anandasagara Bhattacharya started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Avabhasita Chauhan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Candramohan Rajput saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Candramohan Rajput showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avabhasita Chauhan, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute, Bristol Kingswood FC's Waraich Upadhyay ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jitvan Sabnis. Jitvan Sabnis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After having played for 13 minutes, Candradipa Tipnis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bristol Kingswood FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Candradipa Tipnis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Astley's Jitvan Sabnis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Astley from getting a goal against them. Narinder Sull hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Candradipa Tipnis hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Anandasagara Bhattacharya 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. Jitvan Sabnis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Candradipa Tipnis in the 30th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Astley's goalkeeper Jitvan Sabnis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Candradipa Tipnis. After a rather tough play, Bristol Kingswood FC's Candradipa Tipnis got a free kick in the 37th minute. Candramohan Rajput showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agnimasa Naik in the 38th minute of the match. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bristol Kingswood FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jajhara Singh was slow to take the kick. During this time Astley's players had a chance to rest. Candradipa Tipnis charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Candradipa Tipnis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Astley's Avabhasita Chauhan in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bristol Kingswood FC's goalie prevented a goal. Jitvan Sabnis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Candradipa Tipnis went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Avabhasita Chauhan to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Waraich Upadhyay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jitvan Sabnis was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Jajhara Singh's late challenge caught a Bristol Kingswood FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jajhara Singh helped the player get up and apologised. Jitvan Sabnis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Candradipa Tipnis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Astley's Jitvan Sabnis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waraich Upadhyay in the 59th minute of play. Jitvan Sabnis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Candradipa Tipnis in the 63rd minute of the match. Jitvan Sabnis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anandasagara Bhattacharya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Astley booed when Bristol Kingswood FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waraich Upadhyay didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Astley's Jasjit Kale in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bristol Kingswood FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 69th match minute, Astley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Avabhasita Chauhan to maneuver through the defense. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, Candramohan Rajput successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 74 minutes into the match, Bristol Kingswood FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jasjit Kale came free, but Candramohan Rajput reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anandasagara Bhattacharya in the 77th minute of play forced Astley's goalkeeper Jitvan Sabnis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Avabhasita Chauhan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Candramohan Rajput made an important save on a dangerous shot by Avabhasita Chauhan in the 81st minute. 85 minutes into the match, Avabhasita Chauhan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Candramohan Rajput. Bristol Kingswood FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Avabhasita Chauhan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Agnimasa Naik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Candramohan Rajput tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, Candradipa Tipnis notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Astley's Jitvan Sabnis. Jitvan Sabnis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Agnimasa Naik hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Bristol Kingswood FC's Waraich Upadhyay got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dayavira Dass kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. In the 98th match minute, Astley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jasjit Kale to maneuver through the defense. Bristol Kingswood FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.