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Duns Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jonathan Duffie made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Scotland's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Duffie came free, but Grant McIlvora reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Terence McKellaig's late challenge caught a Scotland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Terence McKellaig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th minute, Duda Saldanha 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. In the 11th minute, Duda Saldanha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Scotland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 15 minutes into the match, Scotland's Wally McKieson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ian McMenzies narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Scotland's Ricky Lean quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ronnie Hunter, made in the 17th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Ricky Lean took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Ian McMenzies to make any attempt to save it. Duda Saldanha struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Ian McMenzies didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Scotland. If Jonathan Duffie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 25th minute, Phil Marnoch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brechin's Terence McKellaig got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Duda Saldanha struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Ian McMenzies didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Scotland. Ian McMenzies didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 32nd minute, which inside left pole to 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Terence McKellaig in the 37th minute of play forced Scotland's goalkeeper Grant McIlvora to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wágner Guedes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ian McMenzies showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wágner Guedes, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wágner Guedes to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Wally McKieson made a precise shot to the right of Ian McMenzies. Brechin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. In the 64th minute Donald McLamond shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant McIlvora saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ronnie Hunter during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Scotland made a substitution. Craig Neil replaced Duda Saldanha. In the 82nd match minute, Brechin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronnie Hunter to maneuver through the defense. Ian McMenzies took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Craig Neil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ian McMenzies took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Craig Neil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Scotland had played much better football throughout.