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The Eagles Nest
Spectators: 8065 (Terracing: 6050, Seating: 1855, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pierre Fava started the match with the kick off. If Joseph Padovani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 15 minutes, Daniele Bencini made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH's Marc Gordon tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Daniele Bencini scored 1-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marc Gordon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 38 minutes into the match, San Pawl il-Baħar's Pierre Fava sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marc Gordon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 45th match minute, HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Tabone to maneuver through the defense. Pierre Fava received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Marc Gordon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th match minute, HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ben Mintoff to maneuver through the defense. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joseph Padovani was the one to do the kick off. When Louis Schiavone fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored San Pawl il-Baħar's protests and gave Louis Schiavone a yellow card for diving instead. In the 52nd minute, Louis Schiavone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Arthur Ganado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 58 minutes into the match, Joseph Padovani notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of San Pawl il-Baħar's Carlo Catania. Carlo Catania was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 62nd match minute, San Pawl il-Baħar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniele Bencini to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH's Marc Gordon got control of the ball when Daniele Bencini tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Pierre Fava had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute Joseph Padovani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlo Catania saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arthur Ganado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had been going on for 84 minutes, San Pawl il-Baħar's Godwin Schembri Zerafa got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Marc Gordon. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierre Fava in the 88th minute of play forced HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH's goalkeeper Marc Gordon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pierre Fava sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 91st minute of the game. One of HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of San Pawl il-Baħar:s goal. The referee gave San Pawl il-Baħar a penalty, 93 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Godwin Schembri Zerafa, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH's Marc Gordon. 2-4. Arthur Ganado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlo Catania having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded San Pawl il-Baħar left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.