League

Duffield
Spectators: 6746 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Don Kilgore got the match started through his kick off. Walcott's Neil Norman got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Darell Cullen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Géraud Arthur, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Bernardo Deniger took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Darell Cullen. Duffield's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Geraldo Dalton fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Duffield's protests and gave Geraldo Dalton a yellow card for diving instead. After 9 played minutes Duffield got a freekick which was hit by Geraldo Dalton. Darell Cullen came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Walcott's Géraud Arthur. But to his dismay, Géraud Arthur quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 19th minute, Géraud Arthur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Darell Cullen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Géraud Arthur in the 21st minute of the match. Benoit Laliberté made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Don Kilgore in the 31st minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, Walcott's Géraud Arthur made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darell Cullen was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Walcott's Clayton Kauffman got a free kick in the 38th minute. Damien Leon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48thth minute of the game Géraud Arthur who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Duffield's Darell Cullen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Géraud Arthur to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Géraud Arthur in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Darell Cullen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Benoit Laliberté took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Don Kilgore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Duffield's Jarvis Pacheco got a free kick in the 68th minute. Leroy Gauthier's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Darell Cullen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Walcott's Marcus Rubio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Darell Cullen. Darell Cullen yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Darell Cullen didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Walcott's Géraud Arthur shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience was convinced that Géraud Arthur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Darell Cullen was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. After 95 played minutes, Duffield's Jarvis Pacheco shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benoit Laliberté came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Duffield reached it. When the final whistle sounded Walcott left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Duffield.