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Layton Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Noel Stokes during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Webster Groves's Ahmed Flanagan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zachariah Thayer in the 7th minute of play. Maurice Ewing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joshua Bergman, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Landon Workman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Maurice Ewing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 13 minutes, Joshua Bergman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Webster Groves's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joshua Bergman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Shelton Lassiter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ahmed Flanagan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernesto Goins in the 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carl Segura in the 21st minute of play forced Webster Groves's goalkeeper Ahmed Flanagan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmed Flanagan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernesto Goins in the 22nd minute. Ernesto Goins could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Ahmed Flanagan made a huge save. Jack Clement's late challenge caught a Webster Groves's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jack Clement helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Jack Clement hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FIORENTINA's supporters stood up full of expectation in the 37th minute of the game, when Blair Reece after an extraordinary solo performance found himself with a golden opportunity in front of Webster Groves's goal. Blair Reece was unfortunally a little to anxious and the ball went outside the goal. Jack Clement sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Landon Workman was the one to do the kick off. When Mckinley Blanchard fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Webster Groves's protests and gave Mckinley Blanchard a yellow card for diving instead. In the 52nd minute, Mckinley Blanchard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahmed Flanagan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Clement in the 59th minute of the match. In the 62nd match minute, Webster Groves was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shelton Lassiter to maneuver through the defense. Webster Groves's Ahmed Flanagan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jack Clement in the 63rd minute of play. Shelton Lassiter scored 1-1 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Maurice Ewing, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Webster Groves getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Landon Workman hit a great ball. In the 68th minute, Noel Stokes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahmed Flanagan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Clement in the 70th minute of the match. Maurice Ewing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Landon Workman, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After 73 played minutes, Webster Groves's Abe Robles shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Maurice Ewing came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Webster Groves reached it. In the 75th minute, Garth Zapata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Shelton Lassiter received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Maurice Ewing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th match minute, Webster Groves was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Landon Workman to maneuver through the defense. FIORENTINA's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Joshua Bergman 80 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. Webster Groves were awarded a corner in the 84th minute after FIORENTINA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Landon Workman took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Abe Robles managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The supporters of Webster Groves booed when FIORENTINA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carl Segura didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute Carl Segura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmed Flanagan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 90 minutes into the game, Abe Robles was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Webster Groves's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FIORENTINA the free kick. A collision led to Webster Groves getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Abe Robles hit a great ball. Webster Groves's Ahmed Flanagan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Goins in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Jack Clement had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ahmed Flanagan. Webster Groves's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jack Clement was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.