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Market Drayton Park
Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Brad Boothroyd started the match with the kick off. If Bryan Farrell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 12th minute, one of Tiki Taka Barcelona:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tiki Taka Barcelona. If Brad Boothroyd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brad Boothroyd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Joshua Hewitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Tiki Taka Barcelona booed when Andorra Sin Impuestos CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bryan Farrell didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Tiki Taka Barcelona's Micheal Parry tried to score from far away in the 23rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 27 minutes into the match, Grant Dowrick had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joshua Hewitt. Andorra Sin Impuestos CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grant Dowrick was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 31 minutes into the match, Blair Frost dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rodney Thornton, 2-1. Felix Hubbard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tiki Taka Barcelona's Rodney Thornton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Tiki Taka Barcelona from getting a goal against them. If Blair Frost had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Tiki Taka Barcelona's Vernon Ashton got a free kick in the 43rd minute. 48 minutes into the match, Grant Dowrick notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Andorra Sin Impuestos CF's Joshua Hewitt. Joshua Hewitt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Blair Frost stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Brad Boothroyd in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joshua Hewitt prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 60th minute, Grant Dowrick made a precise shot to the right of Joshua Hewitt. Andorra Sin Impuestos CF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. After a rather tough play, Tiki Taka Barcelona's Dominik Fawcett got a free kick in the 63rd minute. The supporters of Andorra Sin Impuestos CF booed when Tiki Taka Barcelona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damien Dewhirst didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute, Blair Frost 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. Bruce Skipton's late challenge caught a Tiki Taka Barcelona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bruce Skipton helped the player get up and apologised. Andorra Sin Impuestos CF's Joshua Hewitt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Andorra Sin Impuestos CF from getting a goal against them. Brad Boothroyd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joshua Hewitt having to interfere. Joshua Hewitt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vernon Ashton in the 79th minute of the match. Grant Dowrick fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joshua Hewitt having to interfere. Grant Dowrick recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Joshua Hewitt made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Grant Dowrick sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Andorra Sin Impuestos CF getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Casey Easter hit a great ball. Tiki Taka Barcelona were awarded a corner in the 96th minute after Andorra Sin Impuestos CF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Micheal Parry took the corner. The corner led Tiki Taka Barcelona's Micheal Parry to fire away a dangerous shot which Joshua Hewitt despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.