After defeating Army, Police Club faced off against departmental rivals APF in the women's league final
Nepal Police Club goalkeeper Usha Nath was waiting for such an opportunity. As soon as it came into her grasp, Maja successfully covered it. Usha will be remembered as the best goalkeeper when the ANFA Women's League football is discussed.
For any player, such an opportunity in football comes once in a lifetime. He who embraces it with both hands will prove to be a hero. Usha has done the same thing.
When discussing Nepali women's football, the only name that comes up for goalkeepers is either Angela Subba Tumbapo or Anjana Ranamargar. Only then did Usha's name come up. In a way she remained in the shadow of Angela and Anjana for most of her playing career. But from now on, everyone remembers that Usha is not the least. With the help of his brave performance, the Police Club has booked a trip to the finals of the competition on Monday. And Usha also won the individual tiebreaker match against Anjana.
The match at the Anfa Complex ground in Satdobato went to a tiebreaker. Usha was completely obsessed with it. Usha has faced penalty shootout thrice in her career. Not all of them have been defeated. This is the first time Usha has held the post in a tiebreaker at the senior level. "I was looking for such an opportunity to prove myself," she responded, "I have succeeded in that, so I am very happy."
Usha said that this victory was the most beautiful occasion of her playing life and was also very emotional. After the Qualifier-2 of the tournament ended in a goalless draw, the match went to a tiebreaker. It remained largely dramatic. Usha made three saves in the tiebreaker. She also scored a goal. Usha and Virsana Chaudhary scored for Police. Only Anjana could score for Army.
Police failed to score in the penalty shoot-out. On behalf of Army, Chandra Bhandari, Anita Ramzel and Bimala Bik failed to score. All of them were saved by Usha.
Vimala Chowdhury's strike was out. The first two shots of both teams were not converted into goals. Among them, Anjana of Army did not allow both shots to turn into goals. In this, the Army was one step above.
It was at this time that Usha scored the first goal for Army. It was here that fortunes turned in favor of the police. "In the tiebreaker, I was confident that I was going to beat Police anyway. That's why I told my players to stop the game for 120 minutes and I will do the rest," said Usha, "I want to give credit to the entire team and the coach for this victory." After the victory, the police team was very happy. Usha remained at the center of it.
Police coach Bholanath Silwal also praised Usha and gave credit to her for the win. "Usha was the hero of this game, I had full faith in her."
Police took full advantage of the way the women's league was run this time. Playoffs were held for the first time in the women's league. Police were third in the league stage, behind defending champions APF and Army. Police were really only the third best team.
Now this team will play the final against APF. Police first beat Bagmati Yuva Club in the eliminator of the playoffs, that too by a last-minute goal. Now the challenge of the Army in Qualifier-2 has ended. Our performance in the league has been fluctuating. We did not perform well in some games. But this After winning the
game, we have reached the final. The nature of the competition was like this and we benefited from it,' said coach Silwal. The final will be held on Wednesday.
