League Play-Off

Rawdon
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abhihita Sarang kicked off to start the match. Dilip Sandhar's late challenge caught a Harringay City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dilip Sandhar helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 2nd minute of the game. One of Rawdon FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Harringay City:s goal. In the 4th minute there was a penalty for Harringay City. Gurumel Kumar stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Hridaya Chamling. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Rawdon FC's Dharmadeva Paranjpe got a free kick in the 10th minute. Gurumel Kumar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 11th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hridaya Chamling. Rawdon FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Gopichandra Dambria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 16 minutes, Ranga Shah mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Harringay City and the Rawdon FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Harringay City getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Ranga Shah hit a great ball. Dandasena Bislas short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Krish Maroke to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Hridaya Chamling came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Harringay City's Rajendra Sharma. But to his dismay, Rajendra Sharma quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 24th minute, Rajendra Sharma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rajendra Sharma's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hridaya Chamling read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. The supporters of Harringay City booed when Rawdon FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dharmadeva Paranjpe didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Gopichandra Dambria's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hridaya Chamling was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Rawdon FC's zone, Rajendra Sharma stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hridaya Chamling came out of the goal and Rajendra Sharma tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 39 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Harringay City's Gopichandra Dambria fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rajendra Sharma in the 42nd minute of play forced Rawdon FC's goalkeeper Hridaya Chamling to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gopichandra Dambria charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gopichandra Dambria the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Harringay City getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Gopichandra Dambria hit a great ball. If Rajendra Sharma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gopichandra Dambria was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Gopichandra Dambria took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Hridaya Chamling to make any attempt to save it. Rajendra Sharma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Hridaya Chamling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Harringay City's Gopichandra Dambria in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rawdon FC's goalie prevented a goal. Hridaya Chamling made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Rajendra Sharma sent off a good shot on target. Abhihita Sarang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Krish Maroke having to interfere. Krish Maroke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abhihita Sarang in the 76th minute of play. Hridaya Chamling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gopichandra Dambria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dandasena Bisla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 81 minutes into the match, Harringay City's goal looked a bit too open when Abhihita Sarang came free, but Krish Maroke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute, Rajendra Sharma 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. Gopichandra Dambria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hridaya Chamling having to interfere. Hridaya Chamling didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 97th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4.