MFC 0-0 Sankata – NMB Bank Machhindra tied up with Sankata

The Swedish coach Johan Kalin starts his season in Nepal in the A division league with a draw as Machhindra and Sankata shares point in a goal less draw.

Either team started with long rangers both moving out of the target in the early minute, however a serious threat in the game came in 18^th minute when Ibrahim made a long throw which troubled MFC’s goalkeeper Dinesh Thapa Magar. Dinesh did hard to punch away the threat.

A chance came in 22^nd minute for Johan Kalin’s side when Bishal Rai got a great ball; he made a mistimed shot from as close as 5 yard that went off target.

The first half ended goal less with both teams making almost equal share of possession.

Sankata possessed some threat to their opponent with a long throw from Ibrahim, 63^rd minute long throw from Ibrahim was headed well by Manish Ghale, however Dinesh Thapa Magar found him lucky to get the ball straight on his hands.

Sankata after a couple of midfield battle managed to make a shot as Ritan Shrestha was unmarked inside the box, but his effort that beat the keeper also beat the target as the shot moved over the bar.

Sankata got their hand ball appeal denied in the 83^rd minute while their 90^th minute back to back attacks were not fruitful. Krishna Shakya’s header was punched away by Dinesh for the first time while Kalu Thapa’s long ranger found the upper side of the net giving some false hope of goal to the Sankata fans.