National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chaman Yeddyurappa started the match with the kick off. Hema Sailo hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Atirathra Solanki acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 9th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Aghilas Chiba. The crowd rose to their feet as Fayssal El Guarrouj kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Atirathra Solanki. That made the score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. Osmane Chippo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Akrosa Arneja in the 14th minute of the match. Aghilas Chiba'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. Aghilas Chiba helped the player get up and apologised. When Akrosa Arneja came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the U21 India fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Akrosa Arneja couldn't finish the play. Atirathra Solanki made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Fayssal El Guarrouj sent off a good shot on target. Osmane Chippo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Apaghana Johl in the 27th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, U21 India was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kamasakha Turkar to maneuver through the defense. Osmane Chippo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akrosa Arneja in the 32nd minute of play. Apaghana Johl took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Osmane Chippo. Osmane Chippo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 37th minute, Vishnu Sidhu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Osmane Chippo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Akrosa Arneja in the 45th minute of the match. Osmane Chippo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akrosa Arneja in the 48th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

U21 India's Golap Sawant was substituted for Swaraj Kahlon. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fayssal El Guarrouj to make the kick off. Chaman Yeddyurappa was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 54th minute. U21 India's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 56th minute, Akrosa Arneja left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 India fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. In the 61st match minute, U21 Morocco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Soubhi Lamari to maneuver through the defense. Chaman Yeddyurappa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Osmane Chippo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Apaghana Johl in the 66th minute. 68 minutes into the match, U21 Morocco's goal looked a bit too open when Kamasakha Turkar came free, but Osmane Chippo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kamasakha Turkar in the 77th minute of play forced U21 Morocco's goalkeeper Osmane Chippo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osmane Chippo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kamasakha Turkar in the 88th minute of play. Osmane Chippo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kamasakha Turkar in the 91st minute. Osmane Chippo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Chaman Yeddyurappa showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-4 in the 97 minute of play. U21 India's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.