League Play-Off

Nagani
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Amirul Cho kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the game, Doe Bamar's Alan Seng nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jithu Sum made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Jithu Sum showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amirul Cho in the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Doe Bamar's Gara Au got a free kick in the 7th minute. Daniel Wenyong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Wenyong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Ang Gopala Pillai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Daniel Wenyong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ang Gopala Pillai was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Ang Gopala Pillai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wong Abdul in the 19th minute of the match. Doe Bamar's Ang Gopala Pillai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wong Abdul in the 20th minute of play. Ang Gopala Pillai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Wenyong in the 22nd minute of play. Muhammad Pillai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ang Gopala Pillai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Wenyong in the 33rd minute of the match. Ang Gopala Pillai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexander Abdul, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Sharizan Devan took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Jithu Sum to make any attempt to save it. Jithu Sum showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amirul Cho, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the game, Ipplepen's Daniel Wenyong nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ang Gopala Pillai made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Wenyong to make the kick off. Alexander Ching struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Ang Gopala Pillai didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ipplepen. After a rather tough play, Doe Bamar's Sharizan Devan got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 57th minute, Alexander Ching got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Daniel Wenyong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 66 minutes, Alexander Abdul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ipplepen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexander Abdul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 70th minute, Ipplepen's Daniel Wenyong ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ang Gopala Pillai. Ang Gopala Pillai yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. With his leg Ang Gopala Pillai managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Ipplepen's Daniel Wenyong fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alexander Ching received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Ang Gopala Pillai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Wong Abdul kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ang Gopala Pillai. That made the score 2-3 in the 88 minute of play. Daniel Wenyong recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Muhammad Pillai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ipplepen's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.