League Play-Off

Keighley Paadsrk
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Buddhajnana Dalel started the match with the kick off. Anandasagara Kooner made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Buddhajnana Dalel sent off a good shot on target. Kumarasamy Manjrekar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Ashford FC's zone, Kumarasamy Manjrekar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anandasagara Kooner came out of the goal and Kumarasamy Manjrekar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Buddhajnana Dalel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Anandasagara Kooner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Buddhajnana Dalel did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Anandasagara Kooner 14 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute, Kotisvara Sidhu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anandasagara Kooner. The goal made the score 2-0. Apratiratha Deol succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 26th playminute. Amrita Malhotra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ditaujas Badyal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Apratiratha Deol managed to get in a good position for a shot. Keighley Citsdfy's supporters rose to their feet, but Apratiratha Deol was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anandasagara Kooner breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Buddhajnana Dalel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 39 minutes into the match, Ashford FC's goalkeeper Anandasagara Kooner had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Buddhajnana Dalel. In the 42nd minute Ditaujas Badyal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amrita Malhotra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Apratiratha Deol took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anandasagara Kooner. Anandasagara Kooner dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Amanath Phom made the kick off in the second half. Apratiratha Deol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anandasagara Kooner having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Apratiratha Deol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anandasagara Kooner. Ashford FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Apratiratha Deol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Kotisvara Sidhu might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anandasagara Kooner. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kotisvara Sidhu ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Ashford FC's zone, Apratiratha Deol stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anandasagara Kooner came out of the goal and Apratiratha Deol tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Ashford FC's Rajinderpal Fernandes got a free kick in the 61st minute. Kumarasamy Manjrekar might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anandasagara Kooner. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kumarasamy Manjrekar ran back to his position shaking his head. Amrita Malhotra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amanath Phom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amanath Phom fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amrita Malhotra having to interfere. After 70 played minutes Keighley Citsdfy got a freekick which was hit by Kumarasamy Manjrekar. After 73 minutes, Romesh Bhave mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Keighley Citsdfy and the Ashford FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 74th minute, Romesh Bhave hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amrita Malhotra was a little too slow when Amanath Phom got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 5-1. In the 79th minute Amanath Phom shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amrita Malhotra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. During the 80th minute of the match Romesh Bhave completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Romesh Bhave a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 81st match minute, Keighley Citsdfy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romesh Bhave to maneuver through the defense. Kumarasamy Manjrekar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anandasagara Kooner having to interfere. Kumarasamy Manjrekar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Keighley Citsdfy's Amrita Malhotra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amanath Phom in the 87th minute of play. Apratiratha Deol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anandasagara Kooner having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Khusirama Maroke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Kumarasamy Manjrekar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Keighley Citsdfy's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.