League

Penzance Park
Spectators: 6765 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Amandip Holkar made the kick off which started today's match. Janava Shahraj struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Kovalan Rahul didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Penzance AFC. Dhurai Lalthangsanga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amandip Holkar in the 11th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Amandip Holkar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dhurai Lalthangsanga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Penzance AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Amandip Holkar came free, but Dhurai Lalthangsanga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ajit Sarang kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Penzance AFC's Krtya Agroia tried to score from far away in the 24th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. If Amandip Holkar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 38 minutes into the match, Penzance AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Amandip Holkar came free, but Dhurai Lalthangsanga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Digbhraja Salve scored 0-1 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dhurai Lalthangsanga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dhurai Lalthangsanga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amandip Holkar's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Dharmayupa Bhattacharya fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kovalan Rahul having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dharmayupa Bhattacharya to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dharmayupa Bhattacharya in the 52nd minute of play forced SHARPNEL's goalkeeper Kovalan Rahul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Dhurai Lalthangsanga managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when SHARPNEL's Digbhraja Salve fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kovalan Rahul came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Penzance AFC's Janava Shahraj. But to his dismay, Janava Shahraj quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Dhurai Lalthangsanga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amandip Holkar in the 63rd minute of the match. 72 minutes in the game, Digbhraja Salve fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dhurai Lalthangsanga having to interfere. In the 73rd match minute, Penzance AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gopalan Dhariwal to maneuver through the defense. Amandip Holkar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 77 minutes into the match, Penzance AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Amandip Holkar came free, but Dhurai Lalthangsanga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dattra Sabharwal charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dattra Sabharwal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Himambu Rama was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 80th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Dharmayupa Bhattacharya fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kovalan Rahul having to interfere. Digbhraja Salve could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Dhurai Lalthangsanga made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Janava Shahraj in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kovalan Rahul prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Amandip Holkar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Penzance AFC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though SHARPNEL had controlled the match.