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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Emilio Petricca started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Chris Mark didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emilio Petricca went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 9 minutes into the game, Emilio Petricca cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Chris Mark was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Emilio Petricca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Highland Warriors's William McAlduie got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 18th minute Emilio Petricca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chris Mark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chris Mark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Petricca, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Edmond Niven scored 0-3 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chris Mark, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 26th minute, Emilio Petricca got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tomás da Silveira took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Chris Mark. Highland Warriors's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 29th minute, Emilio Petricca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The grangemouth fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After some careless play in the Highland Warriors defense, Emilio Petricca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chris Mark. The Highland Warriors fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chris Mark should have stopped the shot. 38 minutes into the match, Greg McConochie had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pitt Frøne. grangemouth's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Greg McConochie was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Chris Mark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Petricca in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by William McAlduie in the 44th minute of play forced grangemouth's goalkeeper Pitt Frøne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Highland Warriors's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Petricca came free, but Chris Mark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, grangemouth's Edmond Niven got a free kick in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Greg McConochie to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to grangemouth getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Edmond Niven hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as grangemouth's Emilio Petricca slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Chris Mark. That made the score 1-7 after 56 minutes of play. 60 minutes into the match, Highland Warriors's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Petricca came free, but Chris Mark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Declan Gallie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 65 minutes of play, grangemouth's Emilio Petricca made it 1-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chris Mark was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Petricca got free with Chris Mark in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the match, Highland Warriors's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Petricca came free, but Chris Mark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilio Petricca's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Chris Mark skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. William McAlduie charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed William McAlduie the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Chris Mark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Petricca in the 76th minute of the match. Emilio Petricca had several of the Highland Warriors's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 78 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-10 score and a disappointed Chris Mark as he didn't even see the shot coming. Emilio Petricca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Chris Mark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emilio Petricca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Chris Mark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, grangemouth's Emilio Petricca sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chris Mark narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chris Mark made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Emilio Petricca sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 94 minutes, Emilio Petricca managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. grangemouth's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emilio Petricca was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Highland Warriors fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. grangemouth were clearly better and deserved to take the win.