League

Grayville
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ali Jacobson started the match with the kick off. Quentin Clifford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stacey Montano, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stacey Montano in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Quentin Clifford prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 5th minute Yuri Hermes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quentin Clifford saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Yuri Hermes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Waylon Paris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Jacobson in the 10th minute of play. Quentin Clifford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stacey Montano, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Stacey Montano sped through Grayville's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Quentin Clifford. Quentin Clifford didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yuri Hermes went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 22nd match minute, Avra Valley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yuri Hermes to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 27 minutes, Yuri Hermes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Avra Valley's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yuri Hermes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Quentin Clifford made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Hermes in the 32nd minute of play. Alex Varela charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alex Varela the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd match minute, Avra Valley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Varela to maneuver through the defense. Waylon Paris made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jimmy Shockley in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Avra Valley's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Brent Aguilar was slow to take the kick. During this time Grayville's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Avra Valley's goalie and right to Alonso Neely. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Avra Valley's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The Grayville players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Avra Valley were winning 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yuri Hermes made a kick off. Stacey Montano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Quentin Clifford having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Errol Morin in the 55th minute of play forced Avra Valley's goalkeeper Waylon Paris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Stacey Montano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quentin Clifford saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alex Varela kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Avra Valley's Alex Varela got a free kick in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Errol Morin in the 63rd minute of play forced Avra Valley's goalkeeper Waylon Paris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Quentin Clifford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuri Hermes, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After 72 played minutes Avra Valley got a freekick which was hit by Russ Braden. If Yuri Hermes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Waylon Paris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Errol Morin, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The Avra Valley fans' excitement grew in the 80th match minute when Avra Valley's Yuri Hermes looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Yuri Hermess short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Quentin Clifford to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Quentin Clifford was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Yuri Hermes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Yuri Hermes really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. In the 91st minute, Yuri Hermes 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. 93 minutes into the match, Grayville's goal looked a bit too open when Eleuterio Arias came free, but Quentin Clifford reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Jacobson succeeded in the game's 96th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. Avra Valley's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.