Lalitpur City 1-1 Jhapa FC
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Lalitpur City FC coach Simon Grayson said at the beginning that the team's goal is to remain undefeated in the league stage. The defending champion made good on his promise on Wednesday.
Lalitpur became the first team in the history of the competition to go undefeated in the league stage by holding Jhapa FC to a draw in their last league match of Nepal Super League (NSL). Not only that, the team's unbeaten run in the tournament has also reached a record 9 games.
had already been selected for Qualifier-1, so there was an opportunity to play confidently against Lalitpur. After this result, Lalitpur has climbed to the top of the table. The team has 12 points. The only thing the team could not do was the certainty of being at the top. Dhangadhi FC will have an opportunity to overtake Lalitpur when they face FC Chitwan on Thursday in the final match of the league stage. Coincidentally, Lalitpur's opponent in Qualifier-1 is Dhangadhi. In the
postmatch conference, Grayson considered his team's truly undefeated achievement a great achievement. He said, "Overall, our players put in a good effort. The undefeated journey of three wins and three draws was good. He said that his team's focus will be on that qualifier-one. This time, the player who will be presented to the media is Sanish Shrestha. He said, "This match happened as expected. The league journey has been a mixed bag, with momentum initially struggling. We remained undefeated, we are happy about that.'
failed again
Jhapa, playing in the second season of NSL, failed once again. Couldn't reach the playoffs. Jhapa, who came close to the playoffs last season and failed to grasp it, this time they were out of the competition before their last game of the league stage. Therefore, when facing Lalitpur, Jhapa itself was free from tension. Jhapa did not win a single game, tied five games and was limited to only 5 points.
Lalitpur took the lead in the 55th minute with Naveen Lama's goal in the match at Dasharath Stadium. Laken Limbu then equalized for Jhapa in the 65th minute. This game itself was 'organic', because in the last 10 minutes, all the players of both teams were Nepali, no one was foreign. Even Latilpur fielded all Nepali players in the second half. This season, with the majority of foreign players, this game was special for this reason.
Katuwal apologized
Pravesh Katuwal, the coach of Jhapa, said that this tournament was a great learning for him. He added, "We didn't reach the playoffs, so we are disappointed." In a way, our journey was painful. So I want to apologize to all the supporters, fans and investors of Jhapa Team. It's not that we didn't create chances in every game, but they didn't turn into goals. For me, this competition was a very good learning.' Aaron Thapa was the talk of the town after the
game. In the last match, he got an opportunity to play from the start. But not only Kattuwal was criticized for not giving him enough chances, manager Vijen Pudasaini also had his opinion. "We have given Aaron as many opportunities as possible. He is a talented player, that's why we signed him," Katuwal said. Manager Pudasaini claimed that there is no truth in whatever unnecessary discussion is going on about Aron.
