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Beckford Stadium
Spectators: 6853 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1853, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Steve Moneke made the kick off which started today's match. Leonard Onyekweli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jessica Khumbotso in the 8th minute of the match. Ikpe Okwuono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Edward Odunlami tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, Jessica Khumbotso notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Beckford's Leonard Onyekweli. Leonard Onyekweli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Leonard Onyekweli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jessica Khumbotso in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jessica Khumbotso in the 22nd minute of play forced Beckford's goalkeeper Leonard Onyekweli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 played minutes Beckford got a freekick which was hit by Okelola Oliseh. After 24 minutes, Duro Effiang mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Beckford and the Norby players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Kurzform Awu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Norby's supporters rose to their feet, but Kurzform Awu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonard Onyekweli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jessica Khumbotso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leonard Onyekweli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kurzform Awu in the 35th minute of the match. Ikpe Okwuono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Edward Odunlami tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ikpe Okwuono had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nwachinemelu Eikhali during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 51 played minutes Beckford got a freekick which was hit by Nwachinemelu Eikhali . After 54 played minutes Beckford got a freekick which was hit by Bombai Ahangba. Edward Odunlami took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ikpe Okwuono, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Okelola Oliseh left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Beckford fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 72nd minute, Ikpe Okwuono ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edward Odunlami was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ikpe Okwuono in the 76th minute of play forced Norby's goalkeeper Edward Odunlami to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th match minute, Norby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Otitodilichukwu Onigbinde to maneuver through the defense. If Ikpe Okwuono had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Steve Moneke sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Kurzform Awu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Leonard Onyekweli. The goal made the score 2-2.