League

Dorney
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5823, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) Southampton's Sudhir Sehgal 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. Kanakraj Ngullie blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sardar Lyngdoh having to make a save. 5 minutes into the match, Kanakraj Ngullie notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Dorney City's Sardar Lyngdoh. Sardar Lyngdoh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sardar Lyngdoh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sudhir Sehgal, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Mantosh Maheshwari hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Sardar Lyngdoh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sudhir Sehgal, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Citapati Mandal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sarda Kohli having to interfere. Thinlay Naik kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Mahinder Naik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sardar Lyngdoh was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Avadha More hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the game, Sudhir Sehgal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sardar Lyngdoh was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Mahinder Naik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sardar Lyngdoh was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Citapati Mandal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dhandapani Sabharwal in the 52nd minute of play forced Southampton's goalkeeper Sarda Kohli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sarda Kohli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Citapati Mandal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Dorney City getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Anudvega Subba hit a great ball. If Mahinder Naik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th match minute, Southampton was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harmandar Sahu to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Dorney City's zone, Mahinder Naik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sardar Lyngdoh came out of the goal and Mahinder Naik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 72ndth minute of the game Sudhir Sehgal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dorney City's Sardar Lyngdoh was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sardar Lyngdoh stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sudhir Sehgal's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Dhandapani Sabharwal scored 1-3 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sarda Kohli, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sardar Lyngdoh made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mahinder Naik in the 80th minute. With splendid footwork Sudhir Sehgal arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-4 by the left pole in the game's 86th minute. In the 90th minute, Mahinder Naik fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Sardar Lyngdoh, passed just outside the right post. After a defensive mix-up in Southampton's zone, Citapati Mandal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sarda Kohli came out of the goal and Citapati Mandal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.