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Spectators: 7613 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 70) After 6 minutes, Ivan Blount mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Messibeast and the Sleepy Hollow players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 6 played minutes Messibeast got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Blount. Rene Elmore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johnson Calderon in the 7th minute of the match. Ethan Quintero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Alejandro Rangel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Johnson Calderon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Zackary Bustamante sped through Messibeast's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rene Elmore. Alejandro Rangel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ethan Quintero in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Zackary Bustamante got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 25 minutes into the game, Messibeast's Bryan Gonzales nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alejandro Rangel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Sleepy Hollow's Alejandro Rangel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ethan Quintero in the 29th minute of play. Rene Elmore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zackary Bustamante in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Zackary Bustamante got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Ethan Quintero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Messibeast's supporters rose to their feet, but Ethan Quintero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alejandro Rangel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bryan Gonzales scored 2-1 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alejandro Rangel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Ethan Quintero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alejandro Rangel was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Messibeast's Bryan Gonzales got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Johnson Calderon made a kick off. Zackary Bustamante sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johnson Calderon in the 55th minute of play forced Messibeast's goalkeeper Rene Elmore to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fletcher Bentley during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 58 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sleepy Hollow! Alejandro Rangel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ethan Quintero, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 76th minute, Ethan Quintero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Messibeast fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. Alejandro Rangel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ethan Quintero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the game, Theodore Li was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Messibeast's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sleepy Hollow the free kick. Theodore Li kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After 87 minutes Messibeast's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daren Duke who took care of the corner kick. Wade Skinner recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 95th minute of the game. One of Sleepy Hollow:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Messibeast:s goal.