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Elma
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lorenzo Parmentier made the kick off which started today's match. Lorenzo Parmentier charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lorenzo Parmentier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Coppermine booed when Elma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenzo Parmentier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roger Mathieu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emon Diaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roger Mathieu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emon Diaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute, Aldo Holbrook left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Coppermine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Emon Diaz scored 0-3 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roger Mathieu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 37th match minute, Elma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sal Calloway to maneuver through the defense. 40 minutes into the game, Aldo Holbrook cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Roger Mathieu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 45 minutes into the match, Aldo Holbrook had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roger Mathieu. Elma's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aldo Holbrook was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aldo Holbrook to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Aldo Holbrook managed to get in a good position for a shot. Coppermine's supporters rose to their feet, but Aldo Holbrook was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roger Mathieu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 56 minutes into the match, Emon Diaz notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of Elma's Roger Mathieu. Roger Mathieu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 65th minute, Lorenzo Parmentier 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. Elma's Roger Mathieu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Elma from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emon Diaz got free with Roger Mathieu in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Emon Diaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Delbert Avare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lorenzo Parmentier in the 79th minute of play. Elma's Lorenzo Parmentier got his second yellow card of the match in the 83rd minute. The referee ordered Lorenzo Parmentier off the ground. A collision led to Elma getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Lorenzo Parmentier hit a great ball. Emon Diaz did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-7 to the left of a surprised Roger Mathieu 86 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes Coppermine got a freekick which was hit by Jim Nash. A collision led to Elma getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Martin Bowden hit a great ball. The Elma fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Coppermine were clearly better and deserved to take the win.