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Micklefield
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lucas Beverley kicked off to start the match. When Dariusz Solecki came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the St Albans 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 Dariusz Solecki couldn't finish the play. Silvester Titmuss kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. 9 minutes into the game, Bilal Hannan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Marlon Shearer was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 15 minutes, Bilal Hannan made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Micklefield City's Marlon Shearer tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Alfred Saville's late challenge caught a St Albans's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfred Saville helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of St Albans booed when Micklefield City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfred Saville didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 22 minutes, Bilal Hannan made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Micklefield City's Marlon Shearer tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute Bilal Hannan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marlon Shearer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marlon Shearer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bilal Hannan, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Marlon Shearer didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when St Albans's Bilal Hannan shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. Francisc Panciu kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. If Bilal Hannan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bilal Hannan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Marlon Shearer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marlon Shearer didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when St Albans's Bilal Hannan shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bilal Hannan to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bilal Hannan in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marlon Shearer saved Micklefield City from getting behind. Yang Guang Zhi was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 56th minute. St Albans's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The audience was convinced that Bilal Hannan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marlon Shearer was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 59thth minute of the game Bilal Hannan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Micklefield City's Marlon Shearer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dariusz Solecki blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marlon Shearer having to make a save. Marlon Shearer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bilal Hannan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Alfred Saville's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ghalib Awais was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 69thth minute of the game Bilal Hannan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Micklefield City's Marlon Shearer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Silvester Titmuss charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silvester Titmuss the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Micklefield City getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Silvester Titmuss hit a great ball. Dariusz Solecki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Marlon Shearer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marlon Shearer was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Bilal Hannan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bilal Hannan really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. With his leg Marlon Shearer managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when St Albans's Bilal Hannan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marlon Shearer made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Bilal Hannan sent off a good shot on target. Bilal Hannan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-9 to the left of a surprised Marlon Shearer 86 minutes into the match. Bilal Hannan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marlon Shearer having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Bilal Hannan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marlon Shearer was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. When the match was over St Albans could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Micklefield City throughout the match.