League

Noranda
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) Luc Khan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thomas Ellis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Elliot Burke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Bellakula's Thomas Ellis got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 10 minutes of play, Bellakula's Luc Khan made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elliot Burke was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 13th minute, Thomas Ellis 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. Étienne Lawrence made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roderick Wilhelm in the 16th minute of play. Luc Khan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Elliot Burke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Monte Laberge fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Étienne Lawrence having to interfere. Monte Laberge succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 28th playminute. Elliot Burke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Ellis in the 32nd minute of the match. Thomas Ellis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Elliot Burke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Noranda's Bruno Goldberg got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Thomas Ellis in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elliot Burke prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roderick Wilhelm to make the kick off. Shane Keith hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Luc Khan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 57th minute, Jordan Thompson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 59 minutes, Luc Khan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bellakula's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luc Khan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luc Khan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Elliot Burke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thomas Ellis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Elliot Burke made a huge save. After 70 played minutes Bellakula got a freekick which was hit by Josh Ruff. In the 70th minute of the match Blaine Emery sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Étienne Lawrence skillfully saved the ball. 73 minutes into the game, one of Bellakula:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 80th minute of the game. One of Bellakula:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Noranda:s goal. The referee gave Noranda a penalty, 82 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Blaine Emery, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bellakula's Étienne Lawrence. 3-2. After having played for 89 minutes, Luc Khan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bellakula's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luc Khan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 91st minute, Luc Khan 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. Bellakula's Étienne Lawrence played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roderick Wilhelm in the 95th minute of play. Elliot Burke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luc Khan, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Shane Keith kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Elliot Burke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luc Khan in the 99th minute of the match. Bellakula's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.