chindichor11 2 - 5 indian (387183364)

9355 fans braved the pouring rain at chindichor11 Arena. Slavoj Švec was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Edelberto Callado and Gianluca Rocchi. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for chindichor11. Starters: Parikh - Kumar, Mitra, Gowda, Karnik - Pal, Patnaik, Mondal, Prasad - Mallick, Sharma.

indian decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Barua - Mishra, Singh, Iyer, Ghunkikar - Karthikeyan, Alapatt, Mashkoor, Chowdary - Sharma, Khanna.

Given a free kick close to the byline, indian tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let A. Khanna slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 1, 5 minutes into the game. T. Gowda received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 9 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. 13 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as A. Mashkoor finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. A drive down the left side allowed N. Karthikeyan to get in close and score another goal for indian after 19 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of indian were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. S. Patnaik did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. T. Gowda was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when M. Mallick scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 1 - 3. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to indian, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

With 54 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Khanna of indian to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 4. The home crowd were delighted when S. Patnaik scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 2 - 4. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! indian's A. Khanna was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 62 minutes. Some fine movement on the left led to a indian goal after 67 minutes, making it 2 - 5. A. Khanna was noted down as the scorer. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Khanna. indian enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

M. Mallick performed admirably for chindichor11. S. Parikh on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating indian player was without a doubt G. Ghunkikar. On the other hand, V. Barua's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 5.