Cops beat Sherpa

2014-01-01
In A Division League 2070, the third day of match was between Nepal Police Club (NPC) and Himalayan Sherpa Club (HSC) in the first match and the second match Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT) and Saraswoti Youth Club (SYC) at 1 PM and 3 PM respectively.

In the first match, NPC beat HSC by a single goal which was scored by Bholanath Silwal in the 59th minute of the match. Cops started a good match and were awarded an early free kick in the 3rd minute of the match which was taken by goal scorer but Suman Subedi did not find it.  Cops goalie Ritesh Thapa beautifully saved Heman Gurung’s free kick in the 6th minute of the match. But cops played beautiful football and they have created a lot of opportunities but their players like Jumanu Rai, Bholanath Silwal, Yogesh Gurung failed to convert in to goal. HSC were playing for draw but cops were playing for straight win. In the second half cops played more aggressively and found the net in the 59th minute and goal scorer Bholanath Silwal was so cleaver to score that goal. After Sherpa were behind a goal they tried to play aggressive game but did not beat goalie Ritesh Thapa. After this win, NPC have 3 points from 1 match and HSC have no point from 1 match. Cops are playing this league for trophy and are regarded as one of the contender of title, but it won’t be an easy task for them because their most players were injured and their creative player Parbat Panday is going Haiti for Peace Police
In the second match, RCT played a settlement game with SYC. RCT took an early lead through Bhim Darlami in the 4th minute of the match; his beautiful free kick kissed a net, after scoring goal RCT played an attacking game and SYC looked dumb and they had an early shocked in the 4th minute. RCT’s forward Amar Dongoal and Sunil Lama played good football. RCT lead a match by 1 goal in half time. After half time SYC played an attacking game to level score and they waited it for 76th minute and finally SYC’s African recruit Rius Henry scored a lovely free kick goal and make score line 1-1 both teams failed to utilize the chances after 1-1 goal and match ended in draw. After this match both share each point however RCT started this league with negative 3 points so they have no score and need to sacrifice 2 more points because RCT was penalized by All Nepal Football Association(ANFA) for not participating Ncell Cup which was held a month ago and was also fined Rs 0.5 million( Rs 5 Lakhs). After match RCT’s Coach Madhu Karki expressed his dissatisfaction and told that he played today’s match to win and he also told that after this draw they have to work hard to avoid relegation.  SYC’s coach expressed his satisfaction after this draw and told that they will play good football in coming days.