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河南驻马店犀鸟联队
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Wayne Rooney's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kirk Liddle was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. When 柯迅坤 came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the 河南驻马店犀鸟联队 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 柯迅坤 couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wayne Rooney in the 16th minute of play forced 河南驻马店犀鸟联队's goalkeeper Kirk Liddle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 played minutes 河南驻马店犀鸟联队 got a freekick which was hit by 陶榕升. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, 卓德昂 took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Kelvin Stiles to make any attempt to save it. 朱昂伟 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Kelvin Stiles made a huge save. In the 45th minute, 朱昂伟 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 河南驻马店犀鸟联队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After 47 played minutes 河南驻马店犀鸟联队 got a freekick which was hit by 卓德昂. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wayne Rooney to strike the kick off in the second half. 柯迅坤 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Kelvin Stiles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 63 minutes, 卓德昂 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 河南驻马店犀鸟联队 and the Thē Ŵhïppętś players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Thē Ŵhïppętś's Tim Stevens got a free kick in the 72nd minute. A collision led to Thē Ŵhïppętś getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Tod Griffiths hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Wayne Rooney managed to get in a good position for a shot. Thē Ŵhïppętś's supporters rose to their feet, but Wayne Rooney was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kirk Liddle breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th minute Romeo Lemerond shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirk Liddle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kirk Liddle was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Marcus Rashford capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marcus Rashford really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Thē Ŵhïppętś walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.