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Columbus Grove Park
Spectators: 6000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Brant Bustamante made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd match minute, Green Machine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Noel Carlton to maneuver through the defense. Cimarrones FC's Duke Atwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zackary Allred in the 5th minute of play. Duke Atwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Troy Croft in the 10th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Cimarrones FC's Rufus Bryant threw himself towards the right post 15 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from John Stein, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 17th minute, Zackary Allred made a precise shot to the right of Duke Atwood. Cimarrones FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noel Carlton in the 21st minute of play forced Cimarrones FC's goalkeeper Duke Atwood to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 22 minutes, Julio Marsh managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cimarrones FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julio Marsh was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Green Machine's Emmanuel Doherty got a free kick in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the match, Green Machine's goalkeeper Rufus Bryant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mitchell Thornton. Duke Atwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Troy Croft in the 27th minute of play. Duke Atwood didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zackary Allred went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 32nd minute, Julio Marsh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Cimarrones FC defense, Zackary Allred kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Duke Atwood. The Cimarrones FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Duke Atwood should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Troy Croft's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duke Atwood was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Duke Atwood showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Noel Carlton in the 40th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Noel Carlton got free with Duke Atwood in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 58th minute Troy Croft shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duke Atwood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Cimarrones FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zackary Allred came free, but Duke Atwood reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brant Bustamante's late challenge caught a Green Machine's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brant Bustamante helped the player get up and apologised. Brant Bustamante kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. 63 minutes into the game, Zackary Allred cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Duke Atwood was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Green Machine's Zackary Allred was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 66th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Duke Atwood showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Gordo in the 70th minute of the match. Duke Atwood made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zackary Allred in the 71st minute. In the 72nd minute, Zackary Allred reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Duke Atwood. The goal made the score 0-8. Duke Atwood showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Troy Croft, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After 77 minutes of play, Green Machine's Noel Carlton made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Duke Atwood was left in no man's land by his defense there! Duke Atwood was a little too slow when Zackary Allred got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 0-10. In the 88th minute, Zackary Allred ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Duke Atwood was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Troy Croft took a quick shot and it went in 0-12 without a chance for Duke Atwood to make any attempt to save it. Green Machine's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.