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Star Arena
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5791, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dirk Costello started the match with the kick off. Shelby Sweet hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Geoff Neal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jarvis McCollum was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Odell Engle might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dillon Esquivel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Odell Engle ran back to his position shaking his head. Rene Denson hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute IFK Osteraker were awarded a corner. Ernesto Finn went to the cornerflag to take it. If Geoff Neal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dillon Esquivel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odell Engle in the 21st minute of play. A collision led to IFK Osteraker getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Bret Moon hit a great ball. 0-1 became the score in the 30th minute when Dirk Costello elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. If Odell Engle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Odell Engle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Dillon Esquivel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Dirk Costello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of IFK Osteraker booed when Star FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dudley Summers didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Star FC's Dudley Summers got a free kick in the 45th minute. Odell Engle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 50th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dillon Esquivel having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Geoff Neal was the one to do the kick off. Star FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 57th minute, when Dirk Costello scored to the left of an out of position Dillon Esquivel, making the score, 0-2. Dillon Esquivel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dirk Costello in the 60th minute of play. 63 minutes into the game, Odell Engle cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Dillon Esquivel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dirk Costello blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dillon Esquivel having to make a save. In the 68th minute Dirk Costello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dillon Esquivel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Odell Engle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 82nd match minute, IFK Osteraker was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernesto Finn to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, Star FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dirk Costello came free, but Dillon Esquivel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dillon Esquivel made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Odell Engle sent off a good shot on target. 91 minutes into the match, Star FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dirk Costello came free, but Dillon Esquivel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. IFK Osteraker had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.