League

Eatonville Park
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Asante Kototo's Deon Alonzo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Asante Kototo booed when Juventus FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Hairston didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wilber Wong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Deon Alonzo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Wilber Wong came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Asante Kototo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wilber Wong couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Deon Alonzo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Asante Kototo's supporters rose to their feet, but Deon Alonzo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Weldon Bergman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Weldon Bergman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deon Alonzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 26th minute, Wilber Wong left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Asante Kototo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Weldon Bergman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deon Alonzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Deon Alonzo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Weldon Bergman. Juventus FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deon Alonzo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandy Hanson in the 39th minute of play forced Asante Kototo's goalkeeper Alexander Hebert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bradly Pena's late challenge caught a Asante Kototo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bradly Pena helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th minute, Bradly Pena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The wind increased when Sandy Hanson made the kick off in the second half. Deon Alonzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Weldon Bergman having to interfere. Wilber Wong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Weldon Bergman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juventus FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 59th minute, when Deon Alonzo scored to the left of an out of position Weldon Bergman, making the score, 0-5. Sandy Hanson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Alexander Hebert tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Sandy Hanson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Hebert was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. In the 71st minute, Asante Kototo's Deon Alonzo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. 75 minutes into the match, Deon Alonzo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Weldon Bergman. Juventus FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deon Alonzo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-7. After 78 minutes, Emery Pagan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Asante Kototo and the Juventus FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Deon Alonzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Weldon Bergman having to interfere. Deon Alonzo might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Weldon Bergman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deon Alonzo ran back to his position shaking his head. Wilber Wong succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-8 in the 93rd playminute. Wilber Wong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over Asante Kototo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Juventus FC throughout the match.