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Match Report
Erma
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Boyd Santana started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 2 minutes into the game, Boyd Santana was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Raritan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Erma the free kick. The supporters of Erma booed when Raritan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boyd Santana didn't get a good kick on the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Raritan's goalkeeper Shayne Witherspoon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Josiah Phelps. Dominique Bartley made in the 10th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Raritan's Zane Irvin. Boyd Santana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chris Beal having to interfere. Chris Beal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Boyd Santana's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Theo Gallegos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chris Beal having to interfere. After 21 minutes, Zane Irvin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Raritan and the Erma players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Dominique Bartley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Theo Gallegos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Chris Beal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Theo Gallegos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Chris Beal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Boyd Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Raritan's supporters rose to their feet, but Boyd Santana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Chris Beal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Derek Cleveland to make the kick off. Boyd Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Derek Cleveland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Shayne Witherspoon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Gerard Shields fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Raritan's protests and gave Gerard Shields a yellow card for diving instead. After 63 played minutes Raritan got a freekick which was hit by Gerard Shields. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Boyd Santana took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Chris Beal to make any attempt to save it. In the 75th match minute, Erma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dwayne Nichols to maneuver through the defense. Noah Reece fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chris Beal having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Dwayne Nichols hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Theo Gallegos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 84 minutes into the match, Noah Reece notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Erma's Chris Beal. Chris Beal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Theo Gallegos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Chris Beal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Erma's goalkeeper Chris Beal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Noah Reece. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boyd Santana got free with Chris Beal in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.
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