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Dragons Arena
Spectators: 8629 (Terracing: 6473, Seating: 1984, VIP seats: 172) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ethan Mbappè kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Ethan Mbappè's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nathan Bensley was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. In the 11th minute of the match ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆ got a corner. Twyford United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nikiforos Roussopoulos ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 15th minute Ethan Mbappè shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nathan Bensley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dale Hampton kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that John-Einar Olaussen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joseph Simms was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Ethan Mbappè managed to get in a good position for a shot. ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆'s supporters rose to their feet, but Ethan Mbappè was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nathan Bensley breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. John-Einar Olaussen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joseph Simms having to interfere. In the 31st minute, John-Einar Olaussen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joseph Simms was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 33 minutes into the game, Twyford United's Mitch Wicks nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Joseph Simms made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Mitch Wicks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nathan Bensley made an important save on a dangerous shot by Conan Scholes in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute of the game Dale Hampton made a throw-in which Andrea Pirlo played forward. Don King could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Nathan Bensley made a huge save. In the 46th minute ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆ were awarded a corner. Nikiforos Roussopoulos went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Conan Scholes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nathan Bensley quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Nathan Bensley came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆'s Charly Tevez. But to his dismay, Charly Tevez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

55 minutes into the game, Dale Hampton was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Twyford United the free kick. Dale Hampton hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Twyford United's Nathan Bensley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ethan Mbappè in the 62nd minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Ethan Mbappè notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Twyford United's Nathan Bensley. Nathan Bensley was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 64th minute, Don King 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. Twyford United's Nathan Bensley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charly Tevez in the 71st minute of play. ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nikiforos Roussopoulos in the 72nd minute. ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆'s Nikiforos Roussopoulos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nathan Bensley in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Twyford United's Mitch Wicks suffered a sore thigh after 85 minutes and couldn't finish the game. During the 85th minute of the match Dale Hampton completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Dale Hampton a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Twyford United's Drew Howarth was substituted for Mitch Wicks. ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆ were awarded a corner in the 92th minute after Twyford United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nikiforos Roussopoulos took the corner. ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆'s Nikiforos Roussopoulos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nathan Bensley in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 95th minute ★ Jiayöu Dragõns ☆ were awarded a corner. Nikiforos Roussopoulos went to the cornerflag to take it. After 97 played minutes Twyford United got a freekick which was hit by Drew Howarth.