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Uhrichsville Stadium
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Terrence Alexander's late challenge caught a Malzahar FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Terrence Alexander helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Captain America! Ignacio Sims received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Oren Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ignacio Sims received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Oren Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ron Guidry had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ron Guidry could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Oren Lopez made a huge save. Nigel Castillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 25th minute Trent Graves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kermit Buckley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Terrence Alexander was shown his second yellow card after 27 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of Captain America:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Malzahar FC:s goal. The referee gave Malzahar FC a penalty, 29 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Stan Boyles, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Captain America's Kermit Buckley. 0-2. After 33 minutes of play, Malzahar FC's Trent Graves made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kermit Buckley was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Captain America's zone, Theron Salazar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kermit Buckley came out of the goal and Theron Salazar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Trent Graves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kermit Buckley having to interfere. Ron Guidry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oren Lopez having to interfere. Dominique Nicholas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oren Lopez having to interfere. The Captain America players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Malzahar FC were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ron Guidry was the one to do the kick off. Kermit Buckley showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trent Graves, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Trent Graves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kermit Buckley having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ron Guidry in the 67th minute of play forced Malzahar FC's goalkeeper Oren Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Captain America's Ron Guidry sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Oren Lopez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 71st match minute, Malzahar FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theron Salazar to maneuver through the defense. Ron Guidry kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Oren Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ron Guidry in the 80th minute of the match. Ron Guidry sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Captain America's zone, Nigel Castillo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kermit Buckley came out of the goal and Nigel Castillo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Trent Graves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 99 minutes, Nigel Castillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Malzahar FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nigel Castillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Malzahar FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.