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Jamestown Park
Spectators: 8328 (Terracing: 6336, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 50) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Taylor Wiley kicked off to start the match. Douglas Berg hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute, 石岚夕 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th match minute, Jacksonville FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Oakley to maneuver through the defense. Nikolas Papadamous made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ingemar Vallgren in the 15th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Ken Chen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikolas Papadamous. Jacksonville FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ken Chen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Sergey Kazachenok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Healy in the 20th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Taylor Wiley got free with Sergey Kazachenok in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 27 minutes into the match, Ingemar Vallgren notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Jacksonville FC's Nikolas Papadamous. Nikolas Papadamous was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sergey Kazachenok was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zé Roberto Costa showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 35 minute of play. After 40 minutes, Federico Healy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jacksonville FC and the Rich Hill FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute Ingemar Vallgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolas Papadamous saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ingemar Vallgren to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Rich Hill FC's Maitham Al Ali got a free kick in the 50th minute. Nikolas Papadamous made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Ken Chen sent off a good shot on target. In the 62nd minute, Zé Roberto Costa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sergey Kazachenok was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Sergey Kazachenok made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Healy in the 68th minute of play. 70 minutes into the game, Ken Chen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Nikolas Papadamous was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sergey Kazachenok showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Roberto Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Zé Roberto Costa scored 3-3 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sergey Kazachenok, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Taylor Wiley took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sergey Kazachenok. Sergey Kazachenok dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Jacksonville FC's Ray King was substituted for 石岚夕. After 94 played minutes Jacksonville FC got a freekick which was hit by Ray King. For all the effort they put into the match, the Rich Hill FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Jacksonville FC.