League Play-Off

Sandbach Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Amarjit Dias made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, Devaranya Bain had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Asvini Sawant. North Shields's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Devaranya Bain was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Sandbach's Naina Takhar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amardita Deshpande in the 14th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Amardita Deshpande managed to get in a good position for a shot. North Shields's supporters rose to their feet, but Amardita Deshpande was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Naina Takhar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Amardita Deshpande managed to get in a good position for a shot. North Shields's supporters rose to their feet, but Amardita Deshpande was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Naina Takhar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Devaranya Bain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Asvini Sawant was out of position in the 31 minute of play, and Devaranya Bain capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Devaranya Bain really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brahmayus Mattu in the 34th minute of play forced Sandbach's goalkeeper Naina Takhar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Naina Takhar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agendra Birdi in the 38th minute of play. 45 minutes into the match, North Shields's Agendra Birdi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Naina Takhar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Naina Takhar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Amardita Deshpande went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Amardita Deshpande made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Amardita Deshpande ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Naina Takhar was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. An unexpected shot in the 57th minute by Amardita Deshpande got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 62 minutes in the game, Amardita Deshpande fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Naina Takhar having to interfere. Naina Takhar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amardita Deshpande's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Agendra Birdi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Naina Takhar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Naina Takhar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amardita Deshpande, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Agendra Birdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Naina Takhar having to interfere. Devaranya Bain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Asvini Sawant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Agendra Birdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Naina Takhar having to interfere. The supporters of North Shields booed when Sandbach was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amarjit Dias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Naina Takhar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amardita Deshpande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th match minute, Sandbach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amarjit Dias to maneuver through the defense. After 87 played minutes Sandbach got a freekick which was hit by Amarjit Dias. After recieving a nice pass, North Shields's Keyura Jagur tried to score from far away in the 88th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Naina Takhar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amardita Deshpande in the 90th minute of the match. When Amardita Deshpande came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the North Shields fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Amardita Deshpande couldn't finish the play. The Sandbach supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching North Shields's performance. The match ended with a win for North Shields.