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Erki
Spectators: 8033 (Terracing: 6025, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Battle Hines started the match with the kick off. Kane Johnston received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Benjy Forrest tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benjy Forrest showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Battle Hines, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 7th match minute, JK Tammeka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenneth Keayes to maneuver through the defense. Battle Hines might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benjy Forrest. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Battle Hines ran back to his position shaking his head. Japoon's Logan Ashby got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Battle Hines scored 0-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benjy Forrest, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 23rd minute Brynn Szobczak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjy Forrest saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benjy Forrest didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brynn Szobczak went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 28 minutes, Battle Hines made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. JK Tammeka's Benjy Forrest tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Benjy Forrest showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Logan Ashby, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Logan Ashby fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benjy Forrest having to interfere. Kane Johnston sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, JK Tammeka's Patrick Shipp got a free kick in the 38th minute. Logan Ashby received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Benjy Forrest tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kenneth Keayes was shown his second yellow card after 41 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to JK Tammeka getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Kenneth Keayes hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Larry Tinsley was the one to do the kick off. 56 minutes into the game, Connor Orvad cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Brayden Kayrooz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Logan Ashby had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 61 minutes into the game, Kane Johnston cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Benjy Forrest was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 71 minutes into the game, Kane Johnston cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Benjy Forrest was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 74 minutes into the game, Battle Hines lined in a short shot 1-7 behind a frustrated Benjy Forrest. Japoon made a substitution. Damon Dollymore replaced Brynn Szobczak. Carson Mcwilliam's late challenge caught a Japoon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carson Mcwilliam helped the player get up and apologised. Japoon made a substitution. Conner Carbery replaced Rusty Letsch. Logan Ashby blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Benjy Forrest having to make a save. Battle Hines sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benjy Forrest showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damon Dollymore, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Japoon's Logan Ashby got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Case Kernick during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th minute, Case Kernick hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benjy Forrest was a little too slow when Case Kernick got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 98th minute. The score was now 1-8. When the final whistle sounded Japoon left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than JK Tammeka.