Massin Merouani gave BLUE XI an early lead when he scored on the 4th minute through a quick counter-attack. Defender Arkadiy Vlasenko equalised on the 28th minute with a nice solo goal by beating the defenders. The Zabardusts took the lead 41st minute when Stanisław Świtoń got the ball into the net after a corner kick. Aanandaprakash Nandini increased the lead on 70th minute catching the opposing central defenders by surprise with his dribbling. Captain Tamonash Kapoor made it 4-1 on the 84th minute after he scored from the edge of the box.

Attendance: 54,978
Referee: Cristóbal Basabilvaso
Assistant Referees: Mousa Sleiman Musa and Jochum Meels

Highlights

0 - 1	Massin Merouani	4′
1 - 1	Arkadiy Vlasenko	28′
2 - 1	Stanisław Świtoń	41′
3 - 1	Aanandaprakash Nandini	70′
4 - 1	Tamonash Kapoor	84′
	Aanandaprakash Nandini	24′
	Tapan Vora	40′
	Massin Merouani   Toke Niebe	59′
	Jean-Claude Pluymers   Aurelio Páramo LIM    RF 5-4-1    5-3-2	59′

”Its nice to start the season with a big win – commented coach Leonard Pavel – We played good football today creating many chances and also taking them. We dominated the game but BLUE XI did well with their counter-attacking causing some problems but we showed strong mentality to comeback and win the match. Nandini was important today and created many chances could have got more goals. Amish was also brilliant but couldn’t get on the score sheet”

Langer House will be back in action mid-week as they travel to West Bengal for the second round of  Indian Cup against West Bengal at West Bengal Memorial on Wednesday 06.00 HT Time.

Highlights

0 - 1	Tamonash Kapoor	29′
0 - 2	Venkat Variar	35′
0 - 3	Tamonash Kapoor	39′
0 - 4	Luis Miguel Iribi	42′
0 - 5	Venkat Variar	65′
0 - 6	Aakaar Kazmi	71′
0 - 7	Aakaar Kazmi	77′
0 - 8	Amish Gangawane	78′
0 - 9	Pandi Bhupathiraju	85′
0 - 10	Venkat Variar	87′
	Luis Miguel Iribi	82′

Captain Tamonash Kapoor praised his team-mates for a brilliant performance and reminded everyone it will be a tougher task at the weekend. ”It was a brilliant performance. I think we stood up to it and dominated the game because everyone expected it from us. Now we have to concentrate on our first league match of the season against BLUE XI. They are a quality team finished a competitive second in the league last season and will be a test for us. We have to be at the top of our game and I am confident we can deliver”

Langer House vs. BLUE XI Sunday at Wittelsbacher Klasse 08.15 HT time.

”I am delighted with this award and really gives me a lot of motivation before the start of the season. I struggled in the I-League last season but I think my performances in the friendly tournaments like Golden League and particularly  HTUM Challenge Trophy convinced many HTU Manager’s members and I would like to thank all of them who voted for me. I hope I can get more goals in competitive matches and score many important goals for Langer House”, commented the Karnataka born striker on a TV channel showing a 15 minute clip of Langer House moving towards their new objectives.

In the same show is an interview of coach Leonard Pavel in his office and brimming with confidence in front of the camera. ”Congratulations to Amish. He is a fantastic striker with incredible technical ability. I believe this is the season where he will show his true worth. He is a much improved player than he was at the start of last season.”

The coach then went on to motivate other Zabardust strikers especially youngster Venkat Variar ”I am lucky to have wide variety of strikers at my disposal. the power of Aakaar Kazmi, the creativity of Nandini, the work-rate Bhupathi, They are all important part of my plans. Variar on the other hand is just 21 years old and he looks like he’s been with us for ages. Statistics shows his goal scoring ability whenever called upon. He is immensely talented but I think I want to see more improvement from him and I want him to do it now”

Today morning the club President Azeem, Coach Leonard Pavel and Director Chellappa Pralad held a press conference at Wittelsbacher Klasse announcing their views on their new league and thanking their loyal fans for the support during this difficult time ”We know that the fans are disappointed with the relegation. We are as much sad and disappointed with how the season panned out and caused the relegation but we should not loose hope. We are Zabardusts and we don’t give up. We played every match last season to win and we did have big wins but unfortunately we also had to suffer big defeats. We the board of Langer House were prepared for everything that can happen and thus we had a plan prepared for life at serie II”

The  President continues by commenting some of the positive aspects of last season ”Other parts of our season showed glimpses of promise. We participated in the HTUM Challenge Trophy final this season and we were quite competitive but yet had to settle for runners-up to Krosnianka Karpaty Krosno and then we lost to them again in Golden League semi-final. So there is plenty of promise shown by the players and I think with a little experience we can attain I-League status once again”

It was then announced that some of the players at the club had to leave in an effort to revamp the squad and Director Pralad commented ”unfortunately due to this relegation we had to manage our financial stability first and thus some of the players will leave soon as an agreement has been met with some clubs. Joakim Fyhrlund, Gandolf Besenkamp, Hmed Jenayah and Priteesh Shrivastava will leave the club. As promised we have immediately recruited the services of  Swiss midfielder Roli Wetterwald”

The coach spoke of his disappointment at the departures but has put faith in the club. ”Joakim, Kamp and Hmed were important players who played important role in the squad and Priteesh is a promising youngeter but it has to be understood the position of the club and the future. I am delighted with the arrival of Roli Wetterwald and I am sure he will prove to be a success. I have been promised more recruitment’s this season who will arrive as per the requirement of the squad”

The coach then took the opportunity to comment on the new opponents of Langer House. ”Certainly the league looks quite strong and tight. The winners of last season’s Indian Cup Bangalore Tigers are the bright spot of this serie and understandably start as the favorites after their heroics in the cup last season. BLUE XI, Bishop Cotton Boys were quite competitive last season in this serie and Bunte Kori are quite well known. Its a competitive league and I think we have a difficult task this season”

”It has been a disappointing season for us.- commented coach Leonard Pavel – We lost important players through injury during crucial stages of the season and that hurt us a lot. We did really well to be fighting so far with all the injuries. We still have a slight chance if we can win next week against Dinamo Shiva who have proved their quality this season and won’t be an easy opponent at all”

The coach wants to end the season on a high note and thus has set his sights on a double friendly titles. ”Langer House are one of those teams who sees the Golden League and HTUM Challenge Trophy as very prestigious and that can be seen through our participation in both the competitions are very regular. We have participated in every HTUM Challenge Trophy so far and we had shown a lot of promise but usually were left disappointed with the Semi-final being the best we had done”

This season Langer House has gone a step closer to HTUM Challenge Trophy and will participate in the final against Krosnianka Karpaty Krosno but is aware that getting the trophy to Wittelsbacher Klasse would require a perfect performance. ”After waiting for so long we can finally participate in the final and we don’t want to let this chance slip through. KKK has shown their class this season and their name itself can strike fear into the opponent. We don’t fear but we know we need to be at our best if we are to win this match. I am confident my boys will be a tricky opponent for KKK”

Immediately after the HTUM Challenge trophy (Season 7) final Langer House will be back in Golden League action against  Romanian side FC X-Team at Ecaterina Teodoroiu on Wednesday 10.00 HT time.

“It was a good match which I didn’t enjoy as there were some ugly incidents as well – commented coach Leonard Pavel after the final whistle- I made big mistakes this match with the orders in the second half which crippled us more than the injuries but still I am struggling to convince myself why Franquelim Resendes was not sent off for that challenge? It was a horrible horrible challenge which leaves Ibarra out for weeks and the injury to Vlasenko was another bad tackle where the referee didn’t even blow his whistle. The performance of the lads was absolutely brilliant and goals we conceded were unfortunate”

Coach then answered a few questions regarding Claudio Piazzo‘s situation in the team. “Claudio is in my plans and as I am also focusing on the Indian Cup, we need able players to compete in the cup. I can’t play all strikers in one game. There are only eleven players allowed. Is Claudio to depart? Its not in my hand”

Highlights

1 - 0	Alexey Reynolds	16′
1 - 1	Stanisław Świtoń	78′
2 - 1	Alexey Reynolds	79′
3 - 1	Akshaj Kulkarni	80′
	Franquelim Resendes	10′
	Pandi Bhupathiraju	19′
	Sarracino Ibarra	11′
	Arkadiy Vlasenko	76′
	Sarracino Ibarra  Arkadiy Vlasenko	11′
	Pandi Bhupathiraju Normal    Towards Wing	61′
	Arkadiy Vlasenko  Tamonash Kapoor	76′
	Ernő Hutai   Johan Glerup	81′

Langer House will be back in action against Bladewingers on Wednesday for the fourth round of the Indian Cup.

Coach Leonard Pavel surprised everyone by starting youngster Pandi Bhupathiraju and Aakaar Kazmi instead of star striker Claudio Piazzo and the inform Amish Gangawane. A closely fought game was won by a strike that is worthy of winning any match with Hmed Jenayah getting Langer House back to winning ways on 74th minute through a free kick which the delighted Zabardusts were still discussing while leaving the rain soaked Wittelsbacher Klasse after the match.

The coach instead reminded the squad to keep their feet on the ground as there is still a lot to be won “We were a better team today and we deserve this victory. A win over a huge club always brings excitement and raises expectations so there is a lot to play for. I am confident we can continue to fight and win matches because we need to win. The competition is very close and seems like it will go down to the last match of the season”

The coach then praised the goal from the winger that won the match “It was class. The shot was the best I have seen. Henrik Zwagerman , Joakim Fyhrlund and Pandi Bhupathiraju played a good game but the goal always makes the headlines”

Highlights

1 - 0	Hmed Jenayah	74′
	Dindayal Khare	18′
	Carl Baker	57′
	Joakim FyhrlundNormal    Defensive MCD    MIM 3-4-3    2-5-3	30′
	Hmed Jenayah   Stanisław Świtoń	46′
	Carl Baker  Randall Ortíz	57′

Langer House will be back in action as they make a long journey to Andaman and Nicobar on Wednesday for the third round of the Indian Cup against West TafforT.

In the league Dinamo Shiva came out victorious  2-0 against Langer House after two second half goals from Andreas Færgemann and Jozo Krajnović saw them enough to make a winning start to the season. Even after a defeat coach Leonard Pavel was happy with what he saw “I think Dinamo Shiva played really well and they are a top quality side. We made them work for the victory which was good to see. It is early in the season and our midfield will take time to set because it is weaker than our rival’s midfield. So in today’s match we knew we would loose the midfield battle and thus strengthened the other parts of the team and it was good to see that we were better in defense and attack than them. It gives me confidence that we will recover quickly”

Langer House has a tough task at hand as they face former Indian champions and former cup winners Estrella Negra Bengaluru at Wittelsbacher Klasse.

Indian Cup:

In the cup Langer House met Maharashtra and it was all about braces from Indian players as club captain Tamonash Kapoor, Venkat Variar, Chinnamuthu Ariyapadi and Aakaar Kazmi all found the net twice to put Langer House thought to third round of the cup.

Highlights

0 - 1	Tamonash Kapoor	2′
0 - 2	Tamonash Kapoor	20′
0 - 3	Venkat Variar	24′
0 - 4	Venkat Variar	33′
0 - 5	Chinnamuthu Ariyapadi	51′
0 - 6	Chinnamuthu Ariyapadi	75′
0 - 7	Aakaar Kazmi	80′
0 - 8	Aakaar Kazmi	85′
	Abhimakar Choubey	26′

Langer House’ new sporting director Chellappa Pralad had a big smile across his face as he announced the first recruitment under his direction. “I am delighted to announce the signing of Joakim Fyhrlund who is a well built central defender and can also move up the pitch as a Defensive midfielder. We see Joakim  as an important member of the squad for the next 2-3 seasons or more and would like to welcome him to the club”

Joakim Fyhrlund was as happy as Chellappa Pralad as he greeted his new fans “I am delighted to be here in Hyderabad, India and playing in the elite league of the country. The fans have been amazing and weather has been really pleasant as  well because back in my home its all white and snowy in Sweden. At the moment I am only thinking about meeting my new coach and new team mates because we have a match on Sunday”

Coach Leonard Pavel who was at the training ground when he commented on Joakim’s arrival “I know Joakim really well as I have seen him play back in Europe and I am sure he will gel into the squad quickly. I would like to congratulate Mr. Pralad on this transfer”

Since the evening Joakim has already started training and will be available for sunday’s I-League opener against Dinamo Shiva.

The game was dominated by Langer House as the ball remained around opposition penalty for most of the match as midfielders and attackers created and scored with freedom keeping 89% of the ball possession. Midfielder Chinnamuthu Ariyapadi was the first to get on the score sheet and would go on to score another for his brace. His midfield partners Vihar Muralidharan and captain Tamonash Kapoor scored a goal each. Coach Leonard Pavel fielded four attackers Pandi Bhupathiraju, Venkat Variar, Aakaar Kazmi and Aanandaprakash Nandini and his decision paid off as all four of them scored a goal each.

Highlights

0 - 1	Chinnamuthu Ariyapadi	15′
0 - 2	Tamonash Kapoor	18′
0 - 3	Pandi Bhupathiraju	37′
0 - 4	Venkat Variar	40′
0 - 5	Chinnamuthu Ariyapadi	42′
0 - 6	Aakaar Kazmi	57′
0 - 7	Aanandaprakash Nandini	59′
0 - 8	Vihar Muralidharan	81′
	Abhirup Karthiyaswamy	36′

Langer House will be back in action as the I-League starts on Sunday. Zabardusts will travel to Rajasthan to take on Dinamo Shiva at Shiva Temple.