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Bellburns
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) Kent Hathaway started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 9 minutes into the match, Bellburns's goal looked a bit too open when Shawn Pool came free, but Mohammad Merchant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marc Gillespie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aurelio Flaherty, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Bellburns's Kent Hathaway slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marc Gillespie. That made the score 1-0 after 13 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Emo's Shawn Pool got a free kick in the 16th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Désiré Wesley notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Bellburns's Mohammad Merchant. Mohammad Merchant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rigoberto Pratt kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Bellburns's Mohammad Merchant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shawn Pool in the 27th minute of play. When Emo's Désiré Wesley in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bellburns's goalie prevented a goal. When Désiré Wesley came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Emo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Désiré Wesley couldn't finish the play. Shawn Pool received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Mohammad Merchant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohammad Merchant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Désiré Wesley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Aurelio Flaherty had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohammad Merchant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Désiré Wesley in the 49th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Désiré Wesley made the kick off in the second half. Geraldo Vertefeuille kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Désiré Wesley in the 54th minute of play forced Bellburns's goalkeeper Mohammad Merchant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Friedman hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Mohammad Merchant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Désiré Wesley in the 59th minute of play. Rigoberto Pratt hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Shawn Pool received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Mohammad Merchant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Shawn Pools short, quick shot in the 69thth minute got Mohammad Merchant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mohammad Merchant was a little too slow when Désiré Wesley got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 1-3. A collision led to Bellburns getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Abe Abraham hit a great ball. Mohammad Merchant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Désiré Wesley in the 83rd minute of the match. Collin Huard kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Désiré Wesley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohammad Merchant having to interfere. Mohammad Merchant came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Emo's Shawn Pool. But to his dismay, Shawn Pool quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. After having played for 91 minutes, Aurelio Flaherty managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bellburns's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aurelio Flaherty was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Aurelio Flaherty came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Bellburns fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aurelio Flaherty couldn't finish the play. Kent Hathaway took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marc Gillespie. Marc Gillespie dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4.