Three Star beat APF, Sankata and Jawalakhel draw

2014-01-08
Three Star Club (TSC) beat departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) by 2-1 score. First half ended goalless draw. The first move of the game came from Three Star when Jagjeet Shrestha’s crossed was beautifully saved by goalie Amrit in the 2nd minute of the match. APF’s Santosh Shresha’s right flank went too wide in the 4th minute of the match both team played good football in the first half of the match. Dodoz’s powerful strikes in the 5th, 7th minute and 14th minute were beautifully saved by APF goalie Amrit. APF goalie was alert enough to block Santosh Sahukhala’s shot in the 15th minute of the match and formal were too busy in the first half to deny Dodoz, Sahukhala and Jagjeet Shrestha . In the second half Jagjeet Shresha’s free kick was well saved by Amrit. Finally Three star broke APF in the 63rd minute of the match when Santosh Sahukhala utilized a pas of Jagjeet Shrestha. Goalie Amrit who looked marvelous in the first half looked confused in second half and he let Three Star African recruit Dodoz to score goal in the 68t minute when he utilized Prakash Budathoki’s pass. Sachindra Dhimal cut the deficit for APF in the 76th minute when his volley kissed the net to make score 2-1. After they cut the deficit they looked aggressive to level the score and Three Star was busy in defense and killing time. Both teams failed to score next goal and Three Star beat APF by 2-1 goals. With this result TSC have 6 points from three matches and APF have 6 points from four matches.
In the second match Jawalakhel Youth Club (JYC) and Sankata Club (SC) played a goalless draw. Jawalakhel played attacking football in the beginning and their forward Subash Gurung missed the opportunity in the 5th minute of the match, Sankata’s Salyan Khadgi shot was blocked by JYC’s player in the 6th minute of the match, Bikesh Kuthu beautifully saved Barsat Gurung’s kick in the 19th minute of the match, veteran JYC’s forward Pradeep Maharjan’s kick was wide off the side pole in the 21st minute of the match. This match was competitive and both showed 50-50 affair in the first half of the match. In the second half Sankata’s African recruit Olawale’s long ranger shot was well saved by goalie Bikesh Kuthu in the 48th minute of the match. JYC’s forward Jeevan Sinkeman failed to direct the ball in the 50th minute of the match. Sankata Club’s forward s were dull in this match they had just created some chances in this match.  Both teams had no impressive game in the second match we had seen just some good move. Both failed to score in second half and share a point each. With this result SC have 2 points from three matches and JYC who beat defending champion Three Star in previous match have 4 points from three matches. Jawalakhel failed to utilize the chances they got they failed to beat Sankata’s African recruit goalie Pierre.