The departmental team that has reached the finals of Aha-Rara Pokhara Gold Cup football for a record 11th time will become the champion of Nepal Police Club for the 7th time and will the foreign team Black Bulls become an obstacle in their plan to set another record? The Black Bulls of the Central Asian country Uzbekistan, who are participating in the tournament for the first time, are on the verge of winning the title after defeating the 6-time champion Police at the Pokhara Stadium on Saturday.

In the 24th edition of the tournament, Police have scored 4 goals while defeating the opposition in 3 matches. Black Bulls have scored 7 goals in 2 games. Police beat hosts Sahara 1-0 in the opening match, Brigade Boys UK 2-0 in the quarter-finals and 

'A' Division League winners beat Church Boys United 1-0. The Black Bulls, who played directly in the quarterfinals, defeated India's Thunderbolt North United Sikkim 3-0 and five-time champion Three Star 4-0. The commonality between both the teams is the lack of goals scored by the opposition.

This time the police club does not have a well-known player. Rather, there are new players full of youthful enthusiasm. The strong point of the police is the team spirit and its speed. Defeating the league winners Charsha Boys in the 250th match of the tournament has boosted the morale of Police players. Earlier this season, Police, who had to be eliminated from the first match in the Sabhapati Cup, Bharat Gold Cup and Budhasubba Gold Cup, are elated to reach the final for a record 11th time in Aha-Rara. After watching the Black Bulls game, Police players are suspicious. The fear of the Black Bulls becoming an obstacle in the title journey was evident in the police.

Coach Chetan Ghimire says that although the Black Bulls are a good team physically and technically, they are mentally prepared to compete in the finals. In the pre-match conference on Friday, he said that the police had the advantage of training together for the last 9 months. He said, "We are successful in what kind of strategy to adopt based on the situation of the game, we are even getting to score," he said, "We still use the same strategy." He said, 'There is a golden opportunity to make history.'

team captain Ram Waji admitted that there is a big difference between the former police team full of star players and the current team full of young players. It is difficult for us now. We also have challenges, new players, young players, those guys had to be groomed. We had to motivate,' he said, 'There is a challenge in everything, but we are moving forward by accepting this challenge.'

Making history is everyone's desire. We don't have a single strategy. It keeps changing. We are following the instructions given by the trainer. That's why the results are coming,' he said, 'by continuing this, the idea is to make the finals in their favor.' The absence of Rai, who cooperated with captain Waji in the midfield, will also be seen in the team. Captain Waji is confident that other players will make up for their lack.

Uzbekistan's football club Navbahor Namangan FC, who played in the AFC Champions League, is a team consisting of the second-choice player, Black Bull. This team also includes Alizon Alizonov who played from outside the navel. Three other players who played for the national team are included.

Abdulaziz Nisonbaev, who came to Nepal and played in the 'A' Division League from Javalkhel Youth Club, has come as a coach for Black Bulls this time. Saidajmol, who played for Manang Marsyangdi, has come to play in Pokhara this time. Randeep Poudel, who played from Manang, has been included in the team. Alternate goalkeeper Sudeep Sunar and Hong Kong's Sanjio Limbu are in this team.

This time Black Bulls will trouble the police in the finals. The tournament will have a new champion if the Black Bulls win the final. Earlier, Police won the title in 058, 059, 064, 065, 066 and 074. Manang Marsyangdi has won the title 6 times, Three Star 5 times, Sankata 2 times, Sahara, African United, APF and Army have won the title once each.