League Play-Off

Street Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ravinder Chand started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 2nd minute of the game. One of Street:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Maharashtra Power:s goal. In the 6th minute Anasaya Bagha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aviksipa Paul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anasaya Bagha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Agnitejas Dhotre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aviksipa Paul having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Maharashtra Power's goalkeeper Aviksipa Paul had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anasaya Bagha. When Anubhaj Dhudwal fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Street's protests and gave Anubhaj Dhudwal a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Street getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Anubhaj Dhudwal hit a great ball. In the 14th minute, Ravinder Chand 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 supporters of Maharashtra Power booed when Street was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amitan Shukla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aviksipa Paul was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Agnitejas Dhotre showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 22 minute of play. Anasaya Baghas short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got Aviksipa Paul to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 28 played minutes Street got a freekick which was hit by Gunin Upadhyay. Anasaya Bagha took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aviksipa Paul. Aviksipa Paul dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. An unexpected shot in the 39th minute by Agnitejas Dhotre got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 41st match minute, Maharashtra Power was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agasti Gandhi to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute, Agnitejas Dhotre left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Street fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Agnitejas Dhotre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aviksipa Paul having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Agnitejas Dhotre made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agnitejas Dhotre in the 54th minute of play forced Maharashtra Power's goalkeeper Aviksipa Paul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Street's Agnitejas Dhotre sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aviksipa Paul narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ravinder Chand sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anasaya Bagha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aviksipa Paul having to interfere. Aviksipa Paul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anasaya Bagha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Agnitejas Dhotre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Agnitejas Dhotre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aviksipa Paul was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Anasaya Bagha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Aviksipa Paul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Agnitejas Dhotre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aviksipa Paul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anasaya Bagha in the 88th minute of play. Anasaya Bagha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aviksipa Paul having to make a save. Street were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Maharashtra Power for a fine match.