Friends and Cops won

2014-01-07
In A Division League 2070 Friends Club (FC) beat Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT) by 3 goals. Peter Segun, Susan Lama and Victor on target for Friends Club in the 37th minute, 56th minute and 89th minute respectively. RCT stared an attacking football and Sagar Lama’s free kick was beautifully cleared by Peter Segun in the 6th minute of the match. Friends Club’s skipper Deepak Gurung was beautifully blocked by goalie Prem Tamang in the 18th minute of the match. Sagar Lama’s superb free kick was beautifully punched by Friends goalie Ajit Prajapati in the 29th minute of the match. RCT played attacking football in this match but failed to utilize the chances they got. Friends played too many fouls in the first half of the match. Friends Club scored a goal in the 37th minute when Peter Segun scored from 40 yard in a counter move after they scored a goal they are in charge and Ajay’s shot was saved by RCT’s goalie Prem Tamang in the 41st minute of the match. In the second match Friends Club looked confident and they kept maximum ball possession and Prem Tamang of Friends doubled the tally in the 56th minute of the match to give more pressure to RCT. African recruit of Friends Lawas’s shot was beautifully saved by goalie Prem Thapa in the 63rd minute of the match. In the dying minute Friends tripled the lead and this time Victor scored who utilized a good cross from Budha Lama in the 89th minute of the match. Friends Club played good football in the second half and they deserved this win. With this win FC have 4 points from three matches and RCT have 1 point though they won last match against Police due to 3 points slapped by ANFA for not participating in Ncell Cup.

Meanwhile, Nepal Police Club (NPC) labored hard to beat Machhindra Football Club (MFC) and latter was beaten by a solitary goal and it came in the 54th minute of the match when  Ramesh Katuwal scored found the header cross given by Parbat Panday. NPC started good football in the first half when Jumanu Rai’s shot went above the bar in the 4th minute of the match. Cops goalie Ritesh Thapa was smart enough to save Karna Limbu’s tight angle shot in the 9th minute of the match, NPC played shot passes but looked reserved after 20th minute and MFC looked aggressive and Bishal Rai A’s shot was easily saved by Ritesh Thapa in the 26th minute of the match, Zaza’s shot was also blocked by goalie Thapa in the 40th minute of the match. In the second half cops looked charge and Bholanath Silwal’s kick was beautifully saved by goalie Dinesh Thapa in the 47th minute of the match. Finally cops broke MFC’s defense when Ramesh Katuwal score a super header goal in the 54th minute of the match. After they concede goal MFC tried their best to level score but cops goalie Ritesh Thapa was smart enough to frustrate them. With this result NPC have 6 points from three matches and MFC have 4 points from equal matches.