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CYCLONE ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Reuben Pate made the kick off which started today's match. When Tracey James came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the CYCLONES FC 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 Tracey James couldn't finish the play. Oren Lopez made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Milan Guzman sent off a good shot on target. Kyle Hammond's late challenge caught a CYCLONES FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kyle Hammond helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Kyle Hammond hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. CYCLONES FC's Ken Winston played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nigel Castillo in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Nathaniel Swenson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Milan Guzman came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the CYCLONES FC 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 Milan Guzman couldn't finish the play. Oren Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chad Molina in the 38th minute of the match. Chad Molina took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oren Lopez. Oren Lopez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Reuben Pate received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Oren Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Milan Guzman might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Oren Lopez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Milan Guzman ran back to his position shaking his head. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Trent Graves to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trent Graves in the 53rd minute of play forced CYCLONES FC's goalkeeper Ken Winston to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, Chad Molina 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. When CYCLONES FC's Reuben Pate in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Malzahar FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 58 minutes of play, CYCLONES FC's Reuben Pate made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oren Lopez was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 62ndth minute of the game Milan Guzman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Malzahar FC's Oren Lopez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 64th minute of the match Shelton Lyons sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Oren Lopez skillfully saved the ball. 68 minutes into the match, CYCLONES FC's Reuben Pate sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Oren Lopez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nigel Castillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ken Winston having to interfere. Oren Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milan Guzman in the 79th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Milan Guzman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oren Lopez was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Oren Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reuben Pate in the 81st minute of play. Oren Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milan Guzman in the 84th minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Milan Guzman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CYCLONES FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Malzahar FC's Oren Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reuben Pate in the 93rd minute of play. The supporters of Malzahar FC booed when CYCLONES FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chad Molina didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. CYCLONES FC fully deserved thier win.