League Play-Off

Skelmersdale Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Anoop Sahni made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Candidasa Multani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cunanda Badyal was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Cunanda Badyal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Candidasa Multani in the 8th minute of the match. Ekanatha Lyngdoh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anoop Sahni in the 13th minute of play. Advitiya Khandelwal's late challenge caught a Ellesmere Port City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Advitiya Khandelwal helped the player get up and apologised. After 15 played minutes Skelmersdale got a freekick which was hit by Advitiya Khandelwal. Candidasa Multani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Candidasa Multani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Ellesmere Port City's Ekanatha Lyngdoh got control of the ball when Bhushan Kaila tried to sneak it across the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Candidasa Multani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cunanda Badyal. Skelmersdale's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Candidasa Multani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Anoop Sahni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The wind increased when Candidasa Multani made the kick off in the second half. Jagatkarna Kaila succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 53rd playminute. If Candidasa Multani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gunesa Tur took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ekanatha Lyngdoh. Ellesmere Port City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Kahola Malhan hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. If Ajagara Mallik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Candidasa Multani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Cunanda Badyal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Jagatkarna Kaila 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. 78 minutes into the match, Bhushan Kaila notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Ellesmere Port City's Ekanatha Lyngdoh. Ekanatha Lyngdoh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cunanda Badyal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jagatkarna Kaila in the 82nd minute. The supporters of Ellesmere Port City booed when Skelmersdale was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Drsadvata Girgla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jagatkarna Kaila took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cunanda Badyal. Cunanda Badyal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. If Bhushan Kaila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 93 minutes, Anoop Sahni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Skelmersdale's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anoop Sahni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Bhushan Kaila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bhushan Kaila sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Ellesmere Port City players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.