Kanga Cup: Indians make a big impact.

Kick off arrives for Indians

It was finally time for the inaugural Asian Fellowship recipients to kick off their McDonald’s Kanga Cup campaign, our boys from India taking on Canberra’s Woden Valley Redbacks.

A guard of honor was formed by Terrigal United for Gujarat as they ran out onto the pitch for the first time before receiving gifts from their opponents prior to kick off.

Providence Gujarat didn’t get their Kanga Cup campaign off to the dream start they were hoping for when they conceded a free kick just outside the box which led to the first goal within minutes of the match beginning.

Woden Valley founded the net for the second time against the flow of play but after a number of attempts from Gujarat, they finally had reason to celebrate and they did exactly that.

The chilly conditions obviously not suiting the visitors as a number of the Indian team members required their ski gloves and beanies for the duration of the match to keep warm.

Only minutes into the second half Providence Gujarat leveled the scores at 3-all, only to again fall behind 4-3 after an indirect free kick from only six meters from the goal line.

The fight and determination from the Indians had brought them back into the game on two occasions but couldn’t manage to level the scores again despite a number of opportunities before the final whistle.