National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) U21 Canada's Krystian Żmuda started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 6 minutes of play, U21 India's Naina Malhotra made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Brice Long was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 9th minute Abhinav Holkar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brice Long saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Devila Chahil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krystian Żmuda in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th match minute, U21 Canada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grant Salgado to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute Shon Carver shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Devila Chahil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grant Salgado's late challenge caught a U21 India's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Grant Salgado helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd minute, Grant Salgado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Brenton Tapia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brenton Tapia in the 28th minute of play forced U21 India's goalkeeper Devila Chahil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 India's Devila Chahil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shon Carver in the 31st minute of play. Rubin Charest received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Devila Chahil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Brice Long took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naina Malhotra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 India's Devila Chahil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krystian Żmuda in the 36th minute of play. A collision led to U21 Canada getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Odell Diggs hit a great ball. 43 minutes into the match, U21 Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Abhinav Holkar came free, but Brice Long reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Asvasena Toor to make the kick off. Brice Long made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asvasena Toor in the 56th minute of play. Devila Chahil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shon Carver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Devila Chahil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grant Salgado in the 61st minute of play. Krystian Żmuda who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 62ndth minute tested the skills of Devila Chahil when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Devila Chahil successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Krystian Żmudas short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Devila Chahil to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. U21 Canada's Brice Long played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anupam Gowda in the 71st minute of play. Brice Long showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anupam Gowda in the 73rd minute of the match. Brice Long showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anupam Gowda in the 73rd minute of the match. Brice Long took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naina Malhotra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Krystian Żmuda managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Canada's supporters rose to their feet, but Krystian Żmuda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Devila Chahil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. U21 India's Ajanidha Chopra was substituted for Anupam Gowda. U21 Canada made a substitution. Florian Paquette replaced Emory Diamond. U21 Canada's Bryant Harrington was substituted for Grant Salgado. U21 India made a substitution. Chajju Boparai replaced Amaya Chatterjee. Devila Chahil made an important save on a dangerous shot by Shon Carver in the 82nd minute. Brice Long took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ajanidha Chopra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 96 played minutes U21 Canada got a freekick which was hit by Shon Carver. U21 India's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.