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Match Report
Bensley Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Lazaro Ruth made the kick off and thus started the match. Curt Bergstrom received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Darrell Curran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute, Darnell Bowling hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Norbert Kitchen kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Darrell Curran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elijah Spivey, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Pingyu FC's Curt Bergstrom got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 15th minute Devin Anderson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robin Henley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Darrell Curran was a little too slow when Benedict Massey got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 1-0. If Devin Anderson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Pingyu FC getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Elijah Spivey hit a great ball. Wendell Whitfield kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Elijah Spivey to strike the kick off in the second half. Devin Anderson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Robin Henley made a huge save. 53 minutes into the game, Martin Fields was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pingyu FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bartonville the free kick. Martin Fields kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Lazaro Ruth could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Robin Henley made a huge save. Darrell Curran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedict Massey, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. With a little luck, Pingyu FC's Robin Henley got control of the ball when Wendell Whitfield tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Bartonville's Lazaro Ruth got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Darrell Curran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elijah Spivey in the 63rd minute of the match. Bartonville's Darrell Curran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curt Bergstrom in the 70th minute of play. Darrell Curran didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Curt Bergstrom went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 78 minutes into the match, Pingyu FC's goalkeeper Robin Henley had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Devin Anderson. Robin Henley showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lazaro Ruth, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 80 minutes into the game, Devin Anderson recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Robin Henley. Devin Anderson showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. 86 minutes into the match, Elijah Spivey notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Bartonville's Darrell Curran. Darrell Curran was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A hard shot by Norbert Kitchen from long distance, 91 minutes into the match, got Robin Henley's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Wendell Whitfield took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Robin Henley to make any attempt to save it. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.
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