League

Alderney
Spectators: 6758 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tulasi Judge got the match started through his kick off. Abhyudita Deol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Kanakadatta Sra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alderney AFC's Kanakadatta Sra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khamurti Gandhi in the 11th minute of play. If Abhyudita Deol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Khamurti Gandhi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Khamurti Gandhi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kanakadatta Sra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abhyudita Deol in the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, United India's goal looked a bit too open when Tulasi Judge came free, but Kishan Holkar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khamurti Gandhi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kanakadatta Sra read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Alderney AFC's zone, Abhyudita Deol stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kanakadatta Sra came out of the goal and Abhyudita Deol tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kanakadatta Sra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khamurti Gandhi, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 41st minute, Abhyudita Deol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kanakadatta Sra was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Kanakadatta Sra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abhyudita Deol in the 45th minute of the match. Khamurti Gandhi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Alderney AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. United India were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Khamurti Gandhi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes of play, United India's Abhyudita Deol made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kanakadatta Sra was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpected shot in the 60th minute by Khamurti Gandhi got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Abhyudita Deol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kanakadatta Sra having to interfere. After 74 played minutes Khamurti Gandhi rounded Alderney AFC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-3. Kishan Holkar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tulasi Judge's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Kanakadatta Sra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khamurti Gandhi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Khamurti Gandhi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 83rd minute, Apalala Kalra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. United India's Kishan Holkar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apalala Kalra in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute Tulasi Judge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kishan Holkar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kanakadatta Sra was a little too slow when Khamurti Gandhi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 0-4. Abhyudita Deol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Kanakadatta Sra made a huge save. Kanakadatta Sra made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Abhyudita Deol sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle sounded United India left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Alderney AFC.