League Play-Off

Sutton on Sea
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dhandapani Dhanoa took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes of play, Warje FC's Ravindra Hegde made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Krishnamoorthy Grewal was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 6th minute, Ashok Johar made a precise shot to the right of Abhiji Talib. Warje FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Arkakara Gowda took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Abhiji Talib to make any attempt to save it. After 15 minutes of play, Real Ahemdabad FC's Dhandapani Dhanoa made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abhiji Talib was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abhiji Talib was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Ashok Johar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ashok Johar really showed his touch with that goal: 4-1. Jatindhara Gandhi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 31st minute, Ravindra Hegde ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Krishnamoorthy Grewal was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Krishnamoorthy Grewal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jatindhara Gandhi in the 34th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Dhandapani Dhanoa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Abhiji Talib. That made the score 5-2 in the 36 minute of play. Ashok Johar scored 6-2 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abhiji Talib, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Abhiji Talib showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkakara Gowda in the 45th minute of the match. Warje FC's Abhiji Talib proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Warje FC from getting a goal against them.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Asvarya Chima was the one to do the kick off. Anathapinda Shrivastav's late challenge caught a Warje FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anathapinda Shrivastav helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th minute, Anathapinda Shrivastav hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Ravindra Hegde could shoot a difficult shot in the 58th minute, which Krishnamoorthy Grewal however easily saved by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Jatindhara Gandhi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Warje FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jatindhara Gandhi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Krishnamoorthy Grewal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Abhijaya Dindral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Real Ahemdabad FC's Krishnamoorthy Grewal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Real Ahemdabad FC from getting a goal against them. Jatindhara Gandhis short, quick shot in the 76thth minute got Krishnamoorthy Grewal to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Abhiji Talib showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abhijaya Dindral in the 77th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dhandapani Dhanoa in the 79th minute of play forced Warje FC's goalkeeper Abhiji Talib to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Jatindhara Gandhi notched a goal, 6-3, to the right of Real Ahemdabad FC's Krishnamoorthy Grewal. Krishnamoorthy Grewal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Warje FC's Abhiji Talib played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dhandapani Dhanoa in the 84th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Real Ahemdabad FC's goalkeeper Krishnamoorthy Grewal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jatindhara Gandhi. Ashok Johar took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abhiji Talib. Abhiji Talib dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-3. Abhiji Talib made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dhandapani Dhanoa in the 95th minute of play. Real Ahemdabad FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Warje FC for a fine match.