90+5' PEEEP! PEEEP! PEEEP! And, it has finished Kerala Blasters 0-2 Indian Arrows here at the Kalinga Stadium. Bye-bye Kerala Blasters as Indian Arrows face FC Goa on 30th March.
90+1' And, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill is adjudged the 'Hero of the Match'. He did enough to keep the clean sheet. Nothing out from Amarjit Singh who scored two goals but the keeper was too good for the day.
90' Sahal Abdul Samad with a high boot on Amarjit Singh Kiyam in the center of the park. Lucky not to get another yellow card as he would have been out.
83' FOUL! And, Kerala Blasters have a foul just outside the box. Jeetendra is shown the red card for bringing down Jhingan who was also the last man. But the bigger question still looms. Was it inside the box? No, the replays show it was inches outside.
81' Amarjit Singh is down. Hope nothing serious happens to him as we see a shirtless Anas Edathodika on the balcony. He has hands on his head because he knows his side are going out of the competition.
78' SAVE! Prabhsukhan with a brilliant save to keep intact the two goal lead. Krcameravic takes a first time shot after pouncing on the rebound from a fumbled clearance from a corner kick. But, Prabhsukhan was spot on to save the day.
77' GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL! And, it is Amarjit Singh Kiyam who makes it 2-0. Dheeraj dives to his left but Amarjit has slotted it in his bottom right corner. Kerala Blasters are two goals and a man down.
74' Boris with a brilliant mazy run, draws defenders and gives it back to Amarjit Singh. The captain takes a shot but it is deflected off for a corner-kick after it hits Sandesh Jhingan' foot.
73' Indian Arrows' players are getting tired here. Kerala Blasters are commiting more men forward in the attack but can they get a goal? So far, they are getting out of ideas and wayward shots have saved the day for Indian Arrows.
69' Poplatnik has acres of space on the left wing but the Arrows' defenders are quick and he has to switch flanks to Sahal Abdul Samad. The 21-year-old curls in a cross which is wayward to say the least.
68' CHANCE! Sandesh Jhingan with a brilliant cross from the right wing but Poplatnik can put neither power nor direction and the ball rolls away for a goal-kick.
62' Sahal Abdul Samad gets the first yellow card of the game. Rahul KP gets past him in the center of the park but the Kerala Blasters' man pulls him down.
61' SHOT! Suresh tries to go through Sandesh Jhingan but can't and instead passes it backwards for Anwar Ali. The 19-year-old takes a shot from distance which is inches wide.
60' ON THE COUNTER! Amarjit Singh Kiyam converts defense into attack with one move and tries to find Rahul KP with a long ball. But, Sandesh Jhingan heads it away for a corner-kick.
56' SAVE! Prabhsukhan Singh again saves the for Indian Arrows. Sahal Abdul Samad finds space in the far right side of the penalty box. He cuts it in and puts all the pace in the shot but the grounder is parried away by the goalkeeper.
51' Matej Poplatnik with a deadly corner kick and Sandesh Jhingan heads it in the air. Prabhsukhan punches it away and the follow-through shot from outside the box is yards wide.
50' Kerala Blasters have come with intent as another shot from outside the box is held comfortably by Prabhsukhan. Now, Kerala Blasters have a corner-kick. Let's see what happens.
49' SAVE! Sahal Abdul Samad again dribbles through three defenders and Poplatnik gets the ball who shoots it on target. However, Prabhsukhan has positioned himself perfectly to hold the ball.
45+2' PEEEEEEP! PEEEEP! And, that's it for the first half. It is Indian Arrows 1-0 Kerala Blasters here at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar courtesy of Amarjit Singh Kiyam's goal.
44' Len Doungel again gets the better of Ashish Rai and swings in a cross but Anwar Ali backheels it away for safety as there was no Kerala Blasters' man in the rebound. That's what you call confidence. Backheeling the ball for safety!
43' CLEARANCE! Kerala Blasters go in the final third but Amarjit Singh wins the ball and after a neat spell of seven to eight passes in the defensive third the ball is cleared away. It goes all the way back to Anas. Confidence beaming in the Indian Arrows's side.
38' GOAAAAAALLLLLLL! And, who better than the captain Amarjit Singh Kiyam to put the young Indian Arrows side ahead. Ninthoingamba Singh gets away from Anas' clutches and Rahul KP does a dummy taking out Lakic-Pesic. Amarjit Singh has acres of space ahead but smothers it past the diving Dheeraj with a first time effort.
