Sankata confirmed super six, APF and Saraswoti played draw

2014-02-3

Rajeev Gurung of Sankata

Sankata Club beat Himalayan Sherpa Club (HSC) by 2-1 goals. Rajiv Gurung and Kalu Thapa were on target for winning team whereas Palsang Lama cut the deficit for HSC. Sankata was awarded an early free kick in the 1st minute but Kalu Thapa failed to kick on target they played attacking football and gave pressure on mountaineers. Kalu Thapa again took free kick but this time his kick was easily saved by goalie Binaya. Mountaineers played defensive strategy and it seemed that their defense was hard to crack. In the second half Manish kicked the ball but his kick was easily cleared by HSC defense in the 50th minute. HSC got the good chance in the 57th minute but Pukar failed to beat goalie Pierre. Finally in the 65th minute Sankata cracked the mountaineers’ defense Rajeev Gurung scored for them through beautiful header. Sankata doubled their tally in the 68th minute due to poor goalkeeping of goalie Sagar Gurung who replaced goalie Binaya in the 40th minute and Kalu Thapa punished goalie to make score 2-0. In the 89th minute Heman Gurung cut the deficit for mountaineers to make 2-1 but his goal was not enough to level the score. With this win Sankata Club is in fourth place with 19 points from eleven matches and they confirmed super six league meanwhile, HSC is in seventh position from eleven matches and have 15 points and their chance to play super six was shattered by Sankata so have less chance.


In the second match, Armed Police Force (APF) and Saraswoti Youth Club (SYC) played    a settlement draw of 2-2. APF took an early lead in the 9th minute Nabin Lama scored for APF but his goal was equalized by free kick expert African recruit Pius in the 35th minute through superb free kick. Pius again scored for SYC in the 37th minute through header but Ranjan Bista cancelled his lead in the 44th minute to make score line 2-2. In the competitive match APF started the match in good note and dominated Goddess (Saraswoti) in opening 20 minute.  Nabin Lama utilized Ganesh Lawati’s cross to make 1-0 and it was his fourth goal of this season. After this early lead APF played more aggressively and Ganesh Lawati wasted the good chance in the 12th minute. Lawati again missed the opportunity and his good shot was lovely saved by goalie Ashok Baral in the 18th minute. After 20 minute Goddess tried to play good football and Dipesh Shrestha’s powerful shot went inch above the bar in the 23rd minute. Raj Kumar Ghising powerless shot was easily saved by APF goalie Amrit Chaoudhary in the 27th minute. In the 35th minute free kick expert Pius leveled the score from 20 yard distance to make 1-1. Pius scored again in the 37th minute who utilized Dipesh Shrestha pass to make 2-1 up. APF leveled the score in the 44th minute Ranjan Bista scored beautiful goal. In the second half both played 50-50 game but did not score goal and score ended in 2-2. With this draw both shared a point and APF have 18 points from eleven matches and they are in the 5th position while SYC is in 8th position with 14 points from eleven matches and their super six chances are over with this draw.