Army played draw

2014-01-19

We observed both the matches of the Martyrs Memorial A Division Football League on Sunday (2014-01-19) produced surprises with second-bottom Boys Union Club (BUC) holding Nepal Army Club (NAC) to a 1-1 draw and Samsung Jawalakhel Youth Club (JYC) defeating NIBL Friends Club (FC) 2-1 at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu.

In the first match, NAC failed to beat BUC despite the early scored by Deep Lama in the 7th minute and latter equalized in the 22nd minute of the match through Binod Lama. It was Army men who started a match in good note and in the 5th minute of the match ace forward Bharat Khawas’s attempt was saved by goalie Raju Yogi. Army men took a lead in the 7th minute of the match when Deep Lama utilized a good pass from Tanka Basnet. BUC played good football despite the 1 goal down against the top team they played good football and score in the 22nd minute of the match through Binod Lama who scored from 30 yard free kick to beat Army defense and goalie. After they concede equalize goal Army men looked aggressive and Bharat Khawas’s shot was well blocked by goalie Yogi in the 35th minute of the match. Khawas missed many opportunities in this match. In the second half of the match, Army men looked aggressive to score goal but goalie Yogi was smart enough to frustrate Bharat Khawas, Jitendra Karki, and Raju Tamang. BUC was unlucky to score in the injury time when Sashi Chandra hit free ball to outside. Draw was good for BUC and earned valuable point and with this draw they have 4 points from seven matches and Army men have 9 points from seven matches.


In the second match, Jawalakhel Youth Club (JYC) beat Friends Club (FC) by 2-1 and with this victory formal ended latter three match winning streak.  The first half ended goalless draw both teams failed to utilize the chances. In the second half Jawalakhel Club played aggressive football and netted all three goals of the match, including a suicide goal against Friends Club in the 57th minute of the match, Sushil Shah guided the ball to his own post  FC who was gifted by JYC an own goal did not show the game as they did in before matches. Despite 1 goal down against FC, JYC showed good football and Umesh Thapa equalize for JYC in the 58th minute of the match and Ram Thapa doubled the tally for JYC in the 83rd minute of the match to beat FC by 2-1. After this match, JYC coach Kishor KC told us that ‘’he was happy with this win and the win has given us relief and energized for upcoming matches’’. Meanwhile his counterpart FC coach Meghraj KC lamented this loss.  JYC played a fantastic football in this match and they showed a good football as they showed in previous matches against defending champions Three Star. JYC have 7 points from six matches and FC have 10 points from six matches.