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St Ivesk
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kisku Gaekwad started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Eastcote City's zone, Isayu Tiwari stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pardaman Dambria came out of the goal and Isayu Tiwari tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Barsati Sethi came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Eastcote City's Kisku Gaekwad. But to his dismay, Kisku Gaekwad quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 12 minutes into the match, Ratinder Chandha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pardaman Dambria. Eastcote City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ratinder Chandha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Cudakarana Sangma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Pardaman Dambria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Isayu Tiwari came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the St Ives Citzdcy 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 Isayu Tiwari couldn't finish the play. Isayu Tiwari could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Pardaman Dambria made a huge save. Barsati Sethi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kisku Gaekwad went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. 31 minutes into the match, St Ives Citzdcy's goal looked a bit too open when Alaghu Ghosh came free, but Barsati Sethi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Cudakarana Sangma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ratinder Chandha charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ratinder Chandha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ratinder Chandha kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Pardaman Dambria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isayu Tiwari in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute, St Ives Citzdcy's Isayu Tiwari dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Isayu Tiwari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pardaman Dambria having to interfere. If Cudakarana Sangma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Isayu Tiwari to strike the kick off in the second half. Barsati Sethi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kisku Gaekwad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barsati Sethi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kisku Gaekwad, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Alaghu Ghosh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barsati Sethi having to interfere. In the 64th minute Eastcote City were awarded a corner. Candrangada Kapani went to the cornerflag to take it. Eastcote City's Candrangada Kapani was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Barsati Sethi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Gurnek Dango kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Jodh Sabnis kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Cudakarana Sangma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pardaman Dambria having to interfere. In the 77thth minute of the game Adri Srivastava who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eastcote City's Pardaman Dambria was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Cudakarana Sangma managed to get in a good position for a shot. St Ives Citzdcy's supporters rose to their feet, but Cudakarana Sangma was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pardaman Dambria breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 81st minute, Isayu Tiwari ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pardaman Dambria was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. Cudakarana Sangma took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pardaman Dambria. Pardaman Dambria dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. In the 88th minute, Hayavahana Kamle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The St Ives Citzdcy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Ratinder Chandha managed to get in a good position for a shot. St Ives Citzdcy's supporters rose to their feet, but Ratinder Chandha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pardaman Dambria breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Isayu Tiwari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee ended the match the St Ives Citzdcy players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.