Nepal Police Club beaten by Birgunj United Club to enter final

2014-03-20
An assembled team Birgunj United Club (BUC) beat departmental team Nepal Police Club (NPC) by 3 goals to enter final of the 5th Simara Gold Cup 2014 on Thursday at Simara Stadium. Ibrahim Olaide score brace and Shekhar Limbu added a goal for winning team. BUC started the match in good note and they took an early lead in the 2nd minute through Ibrahim Olaide to punish cops custodian Bishal Shrestha to make 1-0 up against NPC.
After conceding a shocking goal NPC tried to level the score but Bharat Shah’s right flank failed to level the score in the 10th minute of the match. BUC were busy in midfield battle after taking an early goal meanwhile cops tried to collect the ball but failed to do so. Birgunj United Club doubled their tally in the 21st minute when Shekhar Limbu punished NPC’s custodian Bishal Shrestha to make 2-0 up against NPC. Ibrahim scored the third goal for his club in the 24th minute to make 3-0 up against NPC. Cops looked frustrated after conceding three silly goals due to the blunder of their custodian Bishal Shrestha. NPC almost cut the deficit in the 36th minute but Yogesh Shrestha’s brilliant shot was hardly saved by BUC’s custodian Dilip Chettry. Cops forward Bharat Shah who scored twice in previous match against league champions Manang Marshyagdi Club (MMC) failed to strike on target in today’s match. Shah failed to beat BUC’s custodian Dilip Chettry in the 39th minute his shot was easily saved by custodian Chettry. Ganesh Khadka also missed a chance to cut the deficit in the 41st minute of the match his shot went inch above the wall. In the second half of the match cops tried to play some attacking football but they failed to utilize the chances they got. Cops player Bharat Shah, Dipen Shrestha, Ganesh Khadka and Yogesh Shrestha failed to strike for NPC. BUC’s custodian Dilip Chettry did some brilliant save to deny Bharat Shah in the 54th minute, 65th minute and 78th minute. Similarly, custodian Chettry was smart enough to deny Dipen Shrestha in the 59th minute and 62nd minute, likewise Ganesh Khadka and Yogesh Shrestha also failed to beat custodian Chettry in the 63rd minute and 80th minute respectively. Though NPC tried to cut the deficit in the second half they failed to utilize the chance. Cops players looked frustrated after they squandered the chances they got in the early minute of the second half of the match. In the final minute cops did not show the symptoms to come back in the match they mentally accepted the result. Though NPC came from behind to beat MMC in the previous match they failed to do so in today’s match. NPC were unlucky to concede an early goal in today’s match. Birgunj United Club created only 3 chances and succeeds to score all of them. Ibrahim was adjusted the man of the match in today’s match. BUC will take local team Nawa Jana Jagriti Yuwa Club on Saturday.