League Play-Off

The Den
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dario Caton kicked off to start the match. After 11 minutes, Dario Caton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Adalwolf FC and the Huyton players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th match minute, Adalwolf FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dario Caton to maneuver through the defense. Ambunidhi Balli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Dandekar Chettri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ambunidhi Balli in the 17th minute of play forced Adalwolf FC's goalkeeper Dandekar Chettri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ambunidhi Balli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dandekar Chettri was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. The Huyton fans' excitement grew in the 22nd match minute when Huyton's Krishnamachari Gurung looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ambunidhi Balli hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Dario Caton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manmohan Khan was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Dario Caton took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Manmohan Khan to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Huyton's Sachdev Hora got a free kick in the 37th minute. Manmohan Khan made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Sergio Gelmiro sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Huyton getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Sachdev Hora hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Pritmohan Iyer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Manmohan Khan having to make a save. Manmohan Khan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dario Caton in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute Krishnamachari Gurung shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dandekar Chettri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Huyton getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Madhuveer Manjrekar hit a great ball. Manmohan Khan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dario Caton's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Adalwolf FC's Dandekar Chettri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krishnamachari Gurung in the 81st minute of play. In the 87th minute, Avajita Thakkar 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Adalwolf FC had won after a very even match.