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Byrock
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcus Lewry got the match started through his kick off. Bruce Conlan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Nash Mealmaker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Payton Pegler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Matthew Vaughan made a huge save. Brendon Bodimeade fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nash Mealmaker having to interfere. Brendon Bodimeade fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nash Mealmaker having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brendon Bodimeade in the 18th minute of play forced Byrock's goalkeeper Nash Mealmaker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nash Mealmaker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruce Conlan in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Marcus Lewry left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Byrock fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 24th minute, Brendon Bodimeade made a precise shot to the right of Nash Mealmaker. Byrock's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Nash Mealmaker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brendon Bodimeade, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd match minute, Byrock was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Payton Pegler to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, Byrock's goal looked a bit too open when Brendon Bodimeade came free, but Nash Mealmaker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Minbrie's Matthew Vaughan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Minbrie from getting a goal against them. Minbrie's Brendon Bodimeade got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Byrock players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Minbrie were winning 1-2.

The wind increased when Bruce Conlan made the kick off in the second half. Payton Pegler scored 2-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Matthew Vaughan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Minbrie's zone, Payton Pegler stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matthew Vaughan came out of the goal and Payton Pegler tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 61st minute, Marcus Lewry got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 65 played minutes Minbrie's Brendon Bodimeade stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Nash Mealmaker stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Byrock of the goal. Marcus Lewry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthew Vaughan having to interfere. Payton Pegler took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Matthew Vaughan. Matthew Vaughan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. After having played for 83 minutes, Payton Pegler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Byrock's supporters crossed their fingers, but Payton Pegler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nash Mealmaker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruce Conlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. If Brendon Bodimeade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Byrock's Nash Mealmaker got control of the ball when Brendon Bodimeade tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stewart Maciver sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.