League Play-Off

Prescot Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Purushottam Rao kicked off to start the match. Walmley City's Paras Shahraj proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Walmley City from getting a goal against them. Paras Shahraj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daljit Chawla in the 9th minute of the match. A collision led to Prescot FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Dandavirya Pant hit a great ball. A collision led to Walmley City getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Indrasana Kapur hit a great ball. Paras Shahraj made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daljit Chawla in the 19th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Prescot FC's goal looked a bit too open when Purushottam Rao came free, but Ksaman Nigam reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Daljit Chawla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Prescot FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Daljit Chawla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paras Shahraj breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Govinda Kharka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Paras Shahraj made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Prescot FC's Govinda Kharka slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paras Shahraj. That made the score 2-0 after 35 minutes of play. In the 39th minute, Walmley City's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Govinda Kharka fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Daljit Chawla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Daljit Chawla was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 44th minute. Prescot FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Daljit Chawla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Paras Shahraj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daljit Chawla was the one to do the kick off. If Govinda Kharka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Walmley City getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Vikram Mitra hit a great ball. Daljit Chawla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Paras Shahraj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paras Shahraj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Govinda Kharka in the 65th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Walmley City's goal looked a bit too open when Daljit Chawla came free, but Paras Shahraj reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute Purushottam Rao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksaman Nigam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Daljit Chawla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paras Shahraj was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice moves Ksaman Sahni could shoot a difficult shot in the 72nd minute, which Ksaman Nigam however easily saved by the left post. Jaguri Beesla hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After having played for 87 minutes, Daljit Chawla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Prescot FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daljit Chawla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Govinda Kharka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Paras Shahraj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daljit Chawla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Paras Shahraj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Govinda Kharka, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Govinda Kharka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paras Shahraj having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Prescot FC had played much better football throughout.