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Sree Kanteerava
Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Ahara Rudrappa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Anupriya Mirza stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Durvarana Dalvi's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. If Arhat Patiala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Durvarana Dalvi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anupriya Mirza was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Bengaluru Football Club's Janarajan Virk got a free kick in the 19th minute. Daksapati Kishore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anupriya Mirza having to interfere. Durvarana Dalvi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Anupriya Mirza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Janarajan Virk hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Anupriya Mirza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daksapati Kishore in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Durvarana Dalvi in the 34th minute of play forced Bengaluru Football Club's goalkeeper Anupriya Mirza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esika Sangha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 36 minutes of play, Harwich's Durvarana Dalvi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anupriya Mirza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Durvarana Dalvi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Anupriya Mirza having to make a save. In the 44th minute, Durvarana Dalvi made a precise shot to the right of Anupriya Mirza. Bengaluru Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3.

In the 55th minute, Harwich's Durvarana Dalvi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. 61 minutes into the match, Bengaluru Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Durvarana Dalvi came free, but Anupriya Mirza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arhat Patiala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anupriya Mirza having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Durvarana Dalvi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harwich's supporters rose to their feet, but Durvarana Dalvi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anupriya Mirza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Durvarana Dalvi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anupriya Mirza. That made the score 0-5 in the 65 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Bengaluru Football Club's zone, Durvarana Dalvi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anupriya Mirza came out of the goal and Durvarana Dalvi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Daksapati Kishore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anupriya Mirza having to interfere. After 77th play minutes Durvarana Dalvi shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Anupriya Mirza and just under the crossbar into goal. If Arhat Patiala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Durvarana Dalvi took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anupriya Mirza. Anupriya Mirza dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Durvarana Dalvi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harwich's supporters rose to their feet, but Durvarana Dalvi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anupriya Mirza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anupriya Mirza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Durvarana Dalvi in the 94th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Harwich left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Bengaluru Football Club.