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Match Report
Illanbaun
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Cleary Mulvihill made the kick off and thus started the match. Pat Harkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claude Racine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Cleary Mulvihill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Dane Doyle came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Illanbaun Utd 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 Dane Doyle couldn't finish the play. In the 10th minute, Dane Doyle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matthes Rager received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Pat Harkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Cleary Mulvihill reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Chuck Moschen. The goal made the score 1-0. Claude Racine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Cleary Mulvihill took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Chuck Moschen to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cleary Mulvihill got free with Chuck Moschen in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Cleary Mulvihill came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Illanbaun Utd 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 Cleary Mulvihill couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Illanbaun Utd's Douglas McPeter got a free kick in the 36th minute. Dane Doyle hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Illanbaun Utd's Douglas McPeter got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Ramon Koch struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Pat Harkin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Matélon. In the 45th match minute, Illanbaun Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dane Doyle to maneuver through the defense. After 48 played minutes Matélon got a freekick which was hit by Nico Gygax. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valentin Müller to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Illanbaun Utd's Cleary Mulvihill nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chuck Moschen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Pat Harkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nico Gygax in the 57th minute. Pat Harkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claude Racine in the 59th minute. 65 minutes into the match, Valentin Müller had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pat Harkin. Illanbaun Utd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valentin Müller was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Dane Doyle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valentin Müller received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Pat Harkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Illanbaun Utd's Cleary Mulvihill in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Matélon's goalie prevented a goal. Chuck Moschen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cleary Mulvihill, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pat Harkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Müller in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rdth minute of the game Adrien Werfel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Illanbaun Utd's Pat Harkin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Illanbaun Utd were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Matélon for a fine match.
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