U23 League

Thames Park
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) FC MatriX's Andreas Jüriöö started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 6th minute of the match, Glenn Westwood tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Eerik Rannik saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Austin Hazell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Jüriöö, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Eerik Rannik made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Kris Tetley sent off a good shot on target. Eerik Rannik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Glenn Westwood in the 18th minute of play. After 21 minutes of play, Henley on Thames United's Huey Claydon made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eerik Rannik was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tauno Nirk in the 25th minute of play forced Henley on Thames United's goalkeeper Austin Hazell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute, Andreas Jüriöö hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC MatriX's Eerik Rannik proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save FC MatriX from getting a goal against them. Huey Claydon scored 2-0 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eerik Rannik, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of FC MatriX booed when Henley on Thames United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kris Tetley didn't get a good kick on the ball. Koit Raudsepp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Austin Hazell having to interfere. Huey Claydon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Eerik Rannik made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Glenn Westwood to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huey Claydon in the 52nd minute of play forced FC MatriX's goalkeeper Eerik Rannik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, FC MatriX's goal looked a bit too open when Huey Claydon came free, but Eerik Rannik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eerik Rannik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huey Claydon in the 56th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Glenn Westwood in the 59th minute of play forced FC MatriX's goalkeeper Eerik Rannik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Märt Ütt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 62 minutes, Huey Claydon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Henley on Thames United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Huey Claydon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eerik Rannik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Huey Claydon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Austin Hazell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahti Luite in the 68th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tauno Nirk got free with Austin Hazell in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huey Claydon in the 75th minute of play forced FC MatriX's goalkeeper Eerik Rannik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Huey Claydon hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Glenn Westwood fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eerik Rannik having to interfere. FC MatriX's Eerik Rannik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Glenn Westwood in the 80th minute of play. Austin Hazell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahti Luite in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute Glenn Westwood shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eerik Rannik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the FC MatriX defense, Huey Claydon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eerik Rannik. The FC MatriX fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eerik Rannik should have stopped the shot. Mihkel Univer hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Henley on Thames United's Huey Claydon couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 88th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for FC MatriX. 94 minutes into the match, FC MatriX's goal looked a bit too open when Huey Claydon came free, but Eerik Rannik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henley on Thames United were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC MatriX for a fine match.