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FC MANLE ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Cox made the kick off which started today's match. Ömer-Faruk Balcik was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 5th minute. FC MANLE's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After 8 played minutes FC MANLE got a freekick which was hit by Beşir Karhan. A collision led to England getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Caelan Hayes hit a great ball. In the 16thth minute of the game Kyle Cox who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC MANLE's Norberto Heerdt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Norberto Heerdt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caelan Hayes in the 18th minute of play. Ömer-Faruk Balcik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Khalid Kennedy made a huge save. Norberto Heerdt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kyle Cox, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Çağdaş Akkın kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Norberto Heerdt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute Micah Macdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norberto Heerdt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Micah Macdonald in the 32nd minute of play forced FC MANLE's goalkeeper Norberto Heerdt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute England were awarded a corner. Micah Macdonald went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Micah Macdonald almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC MANLE's Norberto Heerdt did a great save. When Micah Macdonald came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the England 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 Micah Macdonald couldn't finish the play. Leighton Davies made in the 38th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC MANLE's Dariusz Ciempa. If Ömer-Faruk Balcik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Ömer-Faruk Balcik made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in FC MANLE's zone, Issac Dawson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Norberto Heerdt came out of the goal and Issac Dawson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Norberto Heerdt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyle Cox in the 55th minute of the match. Kyle Cox's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Norberto Heerdt read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC MANLE's Beşir Karhan got a free kick in the 58th minute. Norberto Heerdt came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by England's Kyle Cox. But to his dismay, Kyle Cox quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Norberto Heerdt made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Kyle Cox sent off a good shot on target. After 66 played minutes FC MANLE got a freekick which was hit by Çağdaş Akkın. England's Micah Macdonald shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 67th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Norberto Heerdt but with some difficulty. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Micah Macdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. England's supporters rose to their feet, but Micah Macdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Norberto Heerdt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 71 played minutes England got a freekick which was hit by Leighton Davies. After a rather tough play, England's Micah Macdonald got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Mete Tavukcu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Khalid Kennedy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 79 minutes into the game, when Seth Young put in a rough tackle. In the 79th minute, one of England:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for England. England:s Khalid Kennedy showed great skill when he stopped Beşir Karhan:s penalty. In the 84th minute, Mete Tavukcu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Norberto Heerdt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyle Cox in the 85th minute of play. Norberto Heerdt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xavier Gallagher in the 89th minute. 97 minutes into the match, FC MANLE's goal looked a bit too open when Kyle Cox came free, but Norberto Heerdt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle sounded England left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC MANLE.