Real Kashmir FC and Kenkre FC played out a 1-1 draw in the I-League 2021-22 at the Kalyani Stadium on Friday. It was midfielder Vijay Nagappan (45+1′) who opened the scoring for Kenkare FC to give the club an early lead. Real Kashmir dominated and captain Mason Robertson (66′) turned the opportunity in the second half to get his team back on level terms. Both the teams fought till the last whistle to find the winner, but could not do so and the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
The match started with Real Kashmir dominating and Kenkre FC played dangerous moves inside the half. Tiago Aden entered the box from the center in the fourth minute, but his shot was saved by Canakre goalkeeper Tenzin. In the 8th minute, Kenkare’s Jishnu Balakrishnan took the ball from a corner and took a shot from wide range. But the shot went off the post. A few minutes later, Jishnu cracked another goal from a free kick, but it went over the goalpost.
In the 22nd minute, Snow Leopards got a chance for a free kick, which was taken by Mason Robertson. But Kenkare Wall defended his shot. Three minutes later, Fran Gonzales got a cross from inside the box, but the brilliant opportunity was missed as Kenkre’s defense made another quiet save. Real Kashmir maintained a strong hold in the half of Kenkare FC for the next 10 minutes but the Mumbai club put up a strong defense.
In the 40th minute, Malem Meitei tried to go for a shot from inside the box, but Kenkre’s defenders blocked his hit and the threat was again averted. Kenkare got a corner in the 43rd minute and Vijay Nagappan’s cross went straight to Kiran Pandhare inside the box. But his header went just off the mark. Launching a counter-attack from Kenkare FC towards the stroke of half-time, Vijay Nagappan cleaned up Real Kashmir’s defense and hit a right footed shot into the bottom-right corner to give his team a 1-0 lead. Saw it happen
Real Kashmir started the second half with an aggressive mindset and got a corner in the 48th minute. But the resulting attack was quickly cleared of danger by Kenkre FC. Five minutes later, Fran Gonzales got a chance inside the box with a lobed free-kick from Surchandra Singh. But the resulting shot went towards the byline and was collected safely by Kenkre FC.
Real Kashmir head coach David Robertson included Raghav Gupta in place of Meti in the 65th minute. The change in formation worked for Real Kashmir as Mason Robertson scored a goal in the next minute as Raghav gave his captain a superb assist from inside the 6-yard-box, which Robertson collected with ease and carried it to the back of the nets. Put. In the 73rd minute, Kenkare FC goalkeeper Tenzin made a brilliant straight shot from Jongoh Park. Tenzin remained calm and caught the ball safely.
Five minutes later, Robertson got another chance as the ball landed at his feet after Prasad made a cross inside the box. But the Real Kashmir skipper squandered a brilliant opportunity and hit it over the goalpost.
Real Kashmir got a corner in the 87th minute. Tiago caught the ball just in front of the goal, but Kenkre FC defender Aravind saved the match for his team with a tremendous save just ahead of the goal line. Robertson continued to make dangerous penetration inside Kenkare FC’s box, but could not get the right finish, and Kenkare FC managed to catch Real Kashmir to earn a point.
Real Kashmir will play against Gokulam Kerala FC on March 7, 2022, while Kenkare FC will face Roundglass Punjab Football Club on March 8, 2022.
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